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Michigan mom's haunting final texts before 17-year-old son's horror crash in family's Audi sports car
A mom sent haunting texts to her teenage son in the weeks and months before he crashed her car, killing an 18-year-old star swimmer. Tragedy struck after Kiernan Tague, 17, picked up his friend and neighbor Flynn MacKrell from his parents' home in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, on the night of November 17, 2023. Just five minutes later, while traveling at 105mph, Tague lost control of the vehicle, hitting a pole and then a tree.
Michigan aims to tackle clean energy goals in Upper Peninsula
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between IPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Michigan’s new climate laws require utilities to transition to entirely “clean” electricity sources by 2040. As the state’s Public Service Commission figures out what that will look like, it has to pay special attention to the Upper Peninsula […]
New Graduation Requirement Now Affects All Michigan High Schools
A new school year in Michigan means changes in courses and curriculum as students advance to the next grade level. One new course change will affect all Michigan high school students as it's now required to receive their diploma. New Graduation Requirement Now Affects All Michigan High Schools. While Michigan...
Water temperatures heat up in Lake Michigan
MICHIGAN, USA — It might be the last time you'll get to break out the swimsuit this summer, West Michigan. Water temperatures are on the rise amid a heat wave in the area. Tuesday is the peak of West Michigan's heat, with temperatures climbing as high as the lower to middle 90s. The only exception will be the immediate lakeshore, where the upper 80s are expected for high temperatures. There’ll be no escaping the humidity as dew points soar into the lower to middle 70s.
New age limit for Michigan Reconnect to help more adults return to college
AUBURN HILLS, Mich.— There is a new deadline for adults who have not yet earned a college degree to enroll in Michigan Reconnect. The tuition-free community college scholarship was traditionally limited to those 25 and older. However, the program has now been extended to those who are 21 and older.
Portage helps the state appeal FEMA's denial of federal disaster relief for tornado damage
In July, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) denied a disaster relief request for Southwest Michigan. Governor Gretchen Whitmer submitted the request after tornadoes and other storms struck the area on May 7. The state has until September 21 to appeal the decision. In an effort to win that appeal,...
In small towns, even GOP clerks are targets of election conspiracies
PORT AUSTIN, Mich. — Deep in the thumb of Michigan’s mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula, Republican election officials are outcasts in their rural communities. Michigan cities already were familiar with the consequences of election conspiracy theories. In 2020, Republicans flooded Detroit’s ballot counting center looking for fraud. Democratic and Republican election officials faced an onslaught of threats. […]
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