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Northern Strike '24 brings real-world battlefield training to upper Michigan
GRAYLING, Mich. (FOX 2) - From the hum of Blackhawk helicopters, to the blast of howitzers, and the roar of fighter jets, northern Michigan is alive with the sounds of military operations. Service members from around the country and the world have spent the past couple weeks at Michigan’s National...
Key figure in $25M Clare health park grant cooperating with Michigan probe
Anthony Demasi cooperating in probe of $25M Michigan health park grant as he seeks leniency in separate bank fraud case. Investigation focuses on grant added to budget by former House Speaker Jason Wentworth and awarded to former aide David Coker. The Michigan Health and Human Services Department halted the grant...
ACT OF KINDNESS: Mom finds $20 tucked into her premature baby's formula
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — Most parents know having children is not a cheap experience. Cassandra Clover knows this firsthand. Her daughter, Isabell, was born six weeks early and spent two weeks in the NICU. At birth, baby Isabell was just three pounds, 14 ounces. Now, Isabell is home with...
Bird flu restrictions cause heartache for 4-H kids unable to show off livestock at fairs across US
EVART, Mich. (AP) — Alison Smith stared at the virtually empty dairy barn inside the Osceola County Fairgrounds, once bustling with teens and preteens preparing to show their prized animals but now eerily silent as an invisible virus once again interfered with a cherished summertime rite. Smith, a 16-year-old from the Grand Rapids, Michigan, area, […]
Glen Arbor Arts Center hosts poet Jen Steinorth
“Coffee With The Authors” is a live, conversational interview with local and regional authors about the craft and process of writing. On Aug. 18 Traverse City poet and teacher Jennifer Sperry Steinorth discusses Her Read, a book-length collage poem. In the tradition of reusing canvases, Steinorth appropriates a seminal text, The Meaning of Art by Herbert Read (Faber & Faber, 1931), and with the liberal use of correction fluid, scalpel and embroidery floss, erases and transforms the book from art criticism into feminist verse. Sarah Bearup-Neal, GAAC gallery manager, leads the conversation. The interview begins at 1 pm.
Old 27 Motor Tour comes to Clare, Harrison Street Fair next week
This year’s 18th annual Old U.S. 27 Motor Tour arrives in Clare County August 22nd for an evening visit in the City until they leave on the morning of the 23rd to head for an afternoon visit at the Harrison Street Fair. Each August since 2006, a long line...
Family-owned fruit grower celebrates 100 years at Muskegon Farmers Market
MUSKEGON, MI -- Hart-based Golden Hart Fruit Farm and its sweet cherries have been a fixture of the Muskegon Farmers Market since 1924, and the market on Saturday will pay homage to the farm with a 100-year anniversary celebration. “Reaching 100 years of serving this community is a testament to...
MICHIGAN URBAN LEGEND: The Kelloggsville Haunted Classroom
Kelloggsville is not a town – it’s a school district with parts in Grand Rapids, Kentwood, and Wyoming. The high school is located in Wyoming, at 4787 Division Avenue. It’s in this school where a particular haunting is said to take place. THE URBAN LEGEND:. Sometime during...
Dive roller coaster with world’s steepest drop to debut near Michigan (video)
GURNEE, IL - A record-breaking roller coaster has just been revealed a short road trip away. This coaster will have the world’s steepest drop. “Wrath of Rakshasa” will debut in 2025 at Six Flags Great America near Chicago. Not only will it feature a 96-degree first drop, but...
Michigan counties working with neighbors to reach state’s lofty 45% recycling rate goal
TRAVERSE CITY, MI – Some Michigan counties are moving faster than others toward compliance with the state’s new recycling law, yet many took the hint about working together. Every county in the Upper Peninsula and 33 in Lower Michigan told state environmental regulators they intend to partner on...
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