In 2022, the city received an $850,000 federal grant to upgrade the riverwalk with rain gardens, art and cultural displays, ...

From trolling crankbaits on the Big Manistee for steelhead to laying out delicate dry flies for brook trout on the Two Hearted, river fishing in Michigan is as diverse as it is wonderful.

LANSING – Every year, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) stocks fish in Michigan waters to provide fishing opportunities and maintain healthy ecosystems.

The following history column was originally published in the News Advocate on Feb. 10, 1990. In 1876, Manistee was a wild and crude frontier town which was just maturing into a new city. The complete ...