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Terrorism charge likely in stabbing attack at Traverse City Walmart

Sun, 07/27/2025 - 17:02 Interlochen Public Radio

All 11 of the people stabbed at a Traverse City Walmart over the weekend are expected to survive. The suspect is expected to face charges including terrorism,

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Michigan hotel taxes fund tourism promotion. Should they also fund services?

Fri, 07/25/2025 - 05:42 Interlochen Public Radio

Across northern Michigan, hotel taxes generated almost $30 million for area convention and visitors bureaus. Some in Traverse City say the money should go to the county.

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The mystery gravestone atop Mt. Arvon, Michigan’s tallest mountain

Thu, 07/24/2025 - 16:43 Interlochen Public Radio

What’s on your summer bucket list? The nonprofit news organization Bridge Michigan asked readers that question this spring. Here's one of them.

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‘Big, beautiful bill’ scraps $20M conservation projects in northwest Michigan

Tue, 07/22/2025 - 17:30 Interlochen Public Radio

he money was slotted for stream restoration and farmland preservation across the region.

Michigan public health agencies axe programs amid federal cuts

Fri, 07/18/2025 - 12:00 Interlochen Public Radio

A cloud of uncertainty hangs over Michigan’s local public health departments as they prepare their fiscal year 2026 budgets.

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From Bridge: Bill could give Mackinac Island more control over ferry service

Wed, 06/18/2025 - 07:47 Interlochen Public Radio

The measure, introduced by state Senator John Damoose (R-Harbor Springs), would allow Mackinac Island to amend its charter and gain the power to “control all aspects of ferry service.”

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Staffing, morale concerns as Northern Michigan national parks prepare for summer

Sun, 05/25/2025 - 05:54 Interlochen Public Radio

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore has approximately two-thirds of the seasonal staff it typically needs to welcome more than 1.5 million visitors over the next three busy months.

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Michigan’s fight against Lake Erie pollution didn’t work. What happens next?

Wed, 05/21/2025 - 12:08 Great Lakes Commission

Michigan and its neighbors have missed a 2025 deadline to curb the farm pollution that feeds toxic algal blooms in western Lake Erie, despite 10 years of work and millions […]

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After ice storm’s devastation, a long road ahead for those who rely on northern Michigan forests

Tue, 04/15/2025 - 13:59 Interlochen Public Radio

By some estimates, tens of millions of trees could be damaged.

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The lights are coming back on. How can utilities prepare for next time?

Thu, 04/10/2025 - 16:00 Interlochen Public Radio

With more ice storms expected in the decades ahead as the climate changes, utilities are trying to figure out how to be ready for the next ice storm.

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COMMENTARY: Attacks threaten Canada-US teamwork on Great Lakes

Wed, 03/26/2025 - 11:45 Great Lakes Commission

The executive director of FLOW (For Love of Water), a law and policy center in Traverse City, Michigan, says the partnership between Canada and the United States regarding the Great […]

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Some tip-of-the-mitt counties waiting to spend opioid settlement dollars

Mon, 03/24/2025 - 06:05 Interlochen Public Radio

As millions of dollars flow to Michigan communities from opioid distributors, some up-north counties are electing to wait to start spending.

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