It’s a lake clean up born out of a love for Torch Lake. After seeing garbage littered across the sand bar two years ago, the group Stand Up for Great Lakes knew they had to do something.

Known as the “Caribbean of the North,” the 19‑mile-long lake’s name comes from the Ojibwe word waaswaaganing, meaning “place ...

TRAVERSE CITY — A nonprofit aiming to contain the annual Fourth of July party on the Torch Lake sand bar filed a complaint arguing promoters of the event obstructed ... Simply the Best 2025 ...

Grand Rapids; Torch Lake's massive sandbar party leaves residents angry, poop and trash on shore. Published: ; Jul. 10, 2015, 1:39 p.m.

CLEARWATER TOWNSHIP, MI -- As far as party promoter Brooks Ehlert is concerned, the Fourth of July revelry that drew an estimated 10,000 people to the Torch Lake sandbar was a great weekend of ...

ANTRIM COUNTY, Mich. , (WPBN/WGTU) — The popular Torch Lake Sandbar has recently been announced as possible COVID-19 exposure site. According to the Health Department of Northwest Michigan ...

TRAVERSE CITY — Massive parties on the popular Torch Lake sandbar may be a thing of the past after a court ruling banned the three party promoters from soliciting flocks ...

Clearwater Township — A nonprofit promoting preservation of northern Michigan’s Torch Lake is seeking to prevent sandbar parties.. The Grand Rapids Press reports the Torch Lake Protection ...

Torch is Michigan’s second-biggest inland lake, so it’s easy to find a quiet cove, take a dip, go tubing, and watch windsurfers fly. Offshore from the YMCA, north of the sandbar, regulars search the ...

CLEARWATER TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WWJ/AP) - A nonprofit promoting preservation of northern Michigan's Torch Lake is seeking to prevent sandbar parties. The Torch Lake Protection Alliance has filed a ...

A nonprofit promoting preservation of northern Michigan's Torch Lake is seeking to prevent sandbar parties.