Army Corps of Engineers to dredge Manistique Harbor

Army Corps of Engineers to dredge Manistique Harbor
Great Lakes Commission
he U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District will start a maintenance dredging project at Manistique Harbor in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula as early as August 7. The $1.865 million project […]
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How do you say it? Michigan’s tricky-to-pronounce place names

Interlochen Public Radio
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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Barr seeks rematch for northern Michigan’s U.S. House seat

Interlochen Public Radio
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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Researchers to discuss owl migration at Whitefish Point

Interlochen Public Radio
The new nonprofit is seeking to fill a research gap left after Michigan Audubon suspended its owl banding program last fall.
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Staffing, morale concerns as Northern Michigan national parks prepare for summer

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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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Annual sea lamprey assessment to begin in UP next month

Annual sea lamprey assessment to begin in UP next month
Great Lakes Commission
The annual work to cull sea lamprey populations in the Great Lakes will begin in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula in just under two weeks. Read the full story by WLUC-TV – […]
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The Good Thief?

Interlochen Public Radio
Tom Farnquist is in the business of preserving underwater artifacts and displaying them in the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum. The problem is, a lot of those artifacts were technically stolen from the State of Michigan. And one day, the state notices.
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AmeriCorps cuts hit northern Michigan environmental work

Interlochen Public Radio
AmeriCorps provides paid community service jobs that span a wide range of fields, from disaster recovery to education.
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Bills passed through state house would allow UP to keep gas generators

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Under Michigan's Clean Energy and Jobs Act the Upper Peninsula would be forced to shut down their natural gas-based RICE generators early, causing fees and potential job loss, lawmakers say. The bills would let the U.P. keep the generators until their expiration in 2050.
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The Longest Paddle

Interlochen Public Radio
After Traci Lynn Martin’s mom died, she knew she couldn’t keep putting off her dream: Becoming the first person to kayak around the Great Lakes in one year.
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Free pre-K now open to all families in northwest Michigan

Interlochen Public Radio
The previous income limit was lifted.
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A month after historic ice storms, hundreds of miles of Northern Michigan roads still “impassable”

Interlochen Public Radio
There are months of work ahead just to clear roads, an official with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources says.
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