MANISTEE TOWNSHIP, MI – This state park with beach in its name has been lacking one for many years now. There’s no change in sight. Orchard Beach State Park was named for its beach and an orchard that ...

MANISTEE TOWNSHIP, MI – A universally accessible playground featuring a hillside slide and a timber climbing pile is coming to a Northern Michigan state park situated on a bluff overlooking Lake ...

MANISTEE — Orchard Beach State Park marked its 104th birthday Saturday with an afternoon of music, family activities and a fundraiser to support long-awaited improvements at the park. The Friends of ...

One of the many great things about being able to write for a newspaper as long I have is you often come across stories so unique that you have to step back, smile and say “That was pretty neat.” It ...