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9 & 10 News December 30, 2020 One is the Northern Michigan Veterans Coalition. They received a $5,000 donation from Tight Lines for Troops. The coalition focuses on raising awareness about the needs veterans and their families face. They also work to connect veterans to the benefits they’re entitled to, and help them with other challenges they face in day-to-day life. “We have been able to assist veterans and their family members with things like housing, furnishing for their housing, once someone is housed, they’re not necessarily, they don’t have belongings a lot of the time,” sai...

MANISTEE — Tight Lines for Troops recently announced it donated $5,000 to three beneficiaries to help various veteran-related causes. The first donation was to the Manistee Veteran's Memorial Park Fund, which was established at the Manistee County Community Foundation as a non-endowed fund to provide support for renovations and enhancements to the Veterans Memorial Park in Manistee. The park serves as a tribute to the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice and to all who have served in the United States Armed Forces, Coast Guard and Merchant Marines. The second donation was made t...

Tight Lines for Troops Fishing Tournament 2021 Canceled Due to COVID-19 December 16, 2020 The 2021 Tight Lines for Troops Fishing Tournament has officially been canceled.  The event that takes veterans out for a day of fishing on Lake Michigan took place every May since 2010, until they canceled the 2020 event back in March because of COVID-19. Now they have decided to cancel next year’s event for the same reasons. They say that even though it is only December, there is still too much uncertainty to risk going on as planned. “We just figured it’s not worth the chance, if one person ge...