NRC close to decision on Palisades re-opening, environmental coalition vows to fight

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he owner of a shut-down nuclear power plant in southwest Michigan could try to bring it back online by the end of the year.
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Michigan public health agencies axe programs amid federal cuts

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A cloud of uncertainty hangs over Michigan’s local public health departments as they prepare their fiscal year 2026 budgets.
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A Good, Not Great Lake

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Lake Champlain is more than 16 times smaller than Lake Ontario, the smallest Great Lake. But in 1998, Congress designated Lake Champlain as the sixth Great Lake, teeing off a historical and cultural fight over which lakes can really call themselves Great.
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After federal funding cuts to public radio, IPR strengthens its commitment to northern Michigan

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As Congress closes the door on us, we plan to open ours more widely to you and the rest of our neighbors.
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“I’ve called shelter after shelter”: new rule could displace Michigan mom living in her car

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The rule would prohibit extended stays at MDOT rest areas and carpool lots—spaces where some unhoused Michigan residents have sought refuge.
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How Medicaid cuts could hit northern Michigan hospitals

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Munson Healthcare officials say almost two thirds of their payments come from Medicaid.
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Federal funding freeze threatens SEEDS after-school programs

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The Traverse City nonprofit runs programs in schools that often don't have other free summer or after-school options.
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How do you say it? Michigan’s tricky-to-pronounce place names

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The "You Say It How in Michigan?" website has pronunciations for hundreds of place names and even notable Michiganders like Smokey Robinson, Gilda Radner and Madonna.
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Northern Michigan’s new ICE detention center is open. How many people are in there?

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Why it's so hard to find out.
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Barr seeks rematch for northern Michigan’s U.S. House seat

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Democrat Callie Barr is launching a second bid for Michigan's First Congressional District. She was defeated by Republican Congressman Jack Bergman in 2024 after receiving less than 40 percent of the vote.
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MI Supreme Court denies Jennifer Crumbley release request

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A Michigan Supreme Court order means the mother of the Oxford High School shooter will remain in prison while she appeals her involuntary manslaughter convictions.
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Essays by Karen Anderson: Diamonds in the Alley

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One morning last summer, I walked out to the alley behind my house and noticed several diamonds lying in the dirt.
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