Tag: Lakes

‘The first stab at accountability:’ Northern Lakes leader gives statusto county commissioners

Apr. 5—TRAVERSE CITY — Northern Lakes Community Mental Health Authority’s interim CEO credited a former law enforcement officer with cleaning up the organization’s recipient rights department, while acknowledging the number of substantiated complaints exceed a goal set last year for the authority. A former Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s Office sergeant, Brian Newcomb, was hired in […]

Northern Lakes to exit $10 million Medicaid waiver program

Mar. 23—TRAVERSE CITY — Board members of the region’s largest mental health organization voted unanimously to notify the state they plan to exit a $10 million Medicaid program, following an urgent recommendation by an outside consultant. Richard Carpenter of the Rehmann Group said the Mi Choice Waiver Program, which aims to help older or disabled […]

Steps to restore Red Lake’s tribal boundaries lead to opposition, concerns

Mar. 21—WASKISH, Minn. — Efforts to restore tribal boundaries to include the entirety of Upper Red Lake have gained some traction in the Minnesota State Legislature recently, but such plans won’t go without opposition. One bill, House File 4780 and its companion Senate File 5080 would transfer all state-owned land and real property within 84,105 […]

A lack of ice is reshaping winter life around the Great Lakes

Much of the Great Lakes region — known for frigid winter temperatures, icy lakes and snow-covered forests — has looked bare almost all winter. Average ice cover is hovering at all-time lows for this time of year. Snowfall continues to lag well behind its usual marks. And long-range forecasts are calling for more unseasonable heat. Just 5.6% […]