Community Alert
UPDATE: View up-to the minute election results (as available) from the various Benzie townships here, and the final official Benzie County results page here. UPDATE: From Aubrey Parker: "BENZIE COUNTY: We're hoping to do LIVE election results again tonight like we brought you in 2013, but we
Gov't Watch
Download special-meeting-may-5-2014-theft-of-village-property.m4a By Emily Votruba I'll post a summary of last night's Special Meeting soonish. In the meantime, here's the audio and the documents I tweeted to the Facebook feed last night. Full audio of meeting: Police Report in the Case of the
Community Alert
By Kimm X Jayne For any of you who list a property on HomeAway.com or VRBO, be aware of this scam going around. Someone reserves your place and sends a cashier's check, but before you get the check, he or she "realizes" they overpaid you
Agriculture
DRAFT Preliminary DEQ Report on Cold Creek Spill Audio of April 10 regular Beulah Village meeting.
Gov't Watch
Download prioritization-workshop-part-2.m4a Full audio of the Dec. 30 meeting (2 parts): undefined undefined Full audio of the Jan. 2 meeting: undefined At the January 2 meeting, Chris Olson came back with the compiled results of the Dec. 30 prioritization exercise, in which, after a long discussion, council members and
Activism
By Robert Bruce Bushway UPDATED 11/7/13 On November 5, supporters of the activist group Anonymous rallied all around the world to protest corporate greed and government corruption. Here at home, while some citizens in Benzonia were lined up at the fire station Tuesday to cast their ballot in
Crime
By Emily Votruba On November 5 (tomorrow), county residents will be asked to approve a funding increase for the Benzie County Sheriff’s Office. The 1.5 mill "public safety millage" will replace the jail millage (.9 mills) and is meant to allow the return of 24-hour road
Breaking
UPDATE: County clerk Dawn Olney sent an email today, August 26, at about noon with an agenda attached for either a continued or rescheduled meeting on the Sheriff millage issue, to be held tomorrow (Aug. 27) at 1 pm, same place. 8 am, County Commissioners Room, Benzie County Government Center,
Breaking
With authorization from Council, Ken Bonney today installed stakes and signage to demarcate the Village's platted road, known as Lakeside Boulevard. Over the years, the undeveloped stretch has become by turns rutted and covered over with soft sand, and several byways have been cut through use. The long-standing
Community Alert
Breaking
By Emily Votruba County Recycling Coordinator Mike Fiebing was pulled over in his personal vehicle on Wednesday June 5 for having a cracked windshield—a routine traffic stop, according to Sheriff Ted Schendel. Schendel told the Alert that when the officer ran Fiebing’s license record the license was found
Agriculture
By Emily Votruba Village zoning administrator Ken Bonney came by today to give the Alert a copy of the letter he sent to Loy Putney April 24 outlining the reasons for the stop work/evacuation order. Letter from Ken Bonney to Loy Putney April 24 The letter outlines the history