Lieutenant Ryan Taylor with the Traverse City Police Department said officers were called to the Pines around 9:00 p.m. Monday for reports of an assault. The Pines is an area near the Grand ...

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- How to manage what some are calling a crisis in the Pines continues to be a hot topic. The Pines is an area where people experiencing homelessness camp.

A strange noise that put some local schools into "secure mode" on Tuesday was likely fireworks or tree trimming, according to Traverse City Police Department officials.

Traverse City Police Department officials said. Officers said dispatch received a call around 10:30 a.m. that six gunshots were heard in the direction of the Pines, but nothing had been seen.