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St. Clair: The storybook Michigan town with a surprising world record
| August 26, 2025
St. Clair, Michigan, not only exudes charm and offers plenty of adventures, but it also boasts an impressive world record.University of Michigan Health ends gender-affirming care after DOJ subpoena
| August 26, 2025
The University of Michigan’s statewide hospital network will stop providing medically necessary gender affirming health care service for minors, bowing to pressure from the administration of President Donald Trump.Nessel seeks to slash DTE half-billion-dollar rate hike request by 75%
| August 26, 2025
Attorney General Dana Nessel filed testimony on Friday in DTE Energy’s latest rake hike request, which is seeking more than $574 million increase from the Michigan Public Service Commission, the regulatory body that oversees the state’s utilities.Ask Dr. Litinas: Why cannabis deserves a new conversation—and a break from the stigma
| August 25, 2025
Cannabis is legal here and widely used, yet many Michiganders still feel the need to hide it—from their doctor, their family, or even their friends and neighbors.6 quick hits of cannabis news from across Michigan
| August 25, 2025
Summer vacations are fueling cannabis sales, state regulators are handing out fines, and Michiganders are winning another round in the never-ending rivalry with Ohio.Viridis vanquished: State regulators shut down Michigan’s most controversial cannabis lab
| August 25, 2025
After a years-long battle with state regulators, Viridis Labs is being forced to shut down—and its ex-cop founders have been banned from Michigan’s marijuana industry for life.7 cultural festivals in Michigan that celebrate statewide diversity
| August 25, 2025
Immerse yourself in the beautiful diversity of our state during these seven cultural festivals in Michigan.To get that perfect ear of corn, weather has to cooperate. But climate change is making it dicier
| August 25, 2025
Across major corn-growing states, climate change is fueling conditions that make watching the corn grow a nail-biter for farmers.At WMU, a master gardener and the local labor union team up to feed students who’re scraping by
| August 22, 2025
As the Trump administration slashes USDA funding for food banks and grocery prices continue to rise, David Prellwitz of Kalamazoo explains how communities can help college students combat food insecurity.It’s almost flu season. Should you still get a shot, and will insurance cover it?
| August 22, 2025
Amid political chatter about vaccines and the government entities that oversee them, it’s understandable to wonder where all this leaves the 2025-26 flu vaccine. In short: Yes, the flu shot is still a thing. And four doctors we spoke to said they recommend you get your flu shot this year.Michigan leaders say Trump’s hatred of clean energy will hike utility bills, kill jobs
| August 22, 2025
Clean energy advocates say President Donald Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” is raising utility costs, canceling solar projects, and putting Michigan’s clean energy future at risk.17 Michigan events to check out this weekend (Aug. 22-24)
| August 22, 2025
Highlights include a beer festival on the beach (with camping) in Muskegon, a music festival in the Porkies, and a Civil War reenactment in southern Michigan.
MICHIGAN LIFE
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St. Clair: The storybook Michigan town with a surprising world record
| August 26, 2025
St. Clair, Michigan, not only exudes charm and offers plenty of adventures, but it also boasts an impressive world record.The fascinating histories behind 6 Michigan roads
| August 18, 2025
Turns out, the roads we drive every day aren’t just pavement and paint—they’re pieces of Michigan’s ever-evolving history. Buckle up as we take you on a trip down six Michigan roads with names that tell the story of the state’s past.That one time in Michigan: When America’s only floating post office set sail
| August 5, 2025
Learn more about the J.W. Westcott II, aka America's only floating post office, which keeps Great Lakes freighters stocked with everything from mechanical parts to hamburgers.A historian’s guide to living history in and around Detroit
| July 29, 2025
You’ve studied Michigan history, but why not live it? Check out one historian’s guide to the best ways to bring history to life in Metro Detroit.That one time in Michigan: When we had our deadliest tornado
| July 14, 2025
June marked the 72nd anniversary of the deadliest tornado in Michigan’s history. Learn about the Flint-Beecher tornado, its impact, and its lasting legacy.75 years after the then-worst crash in US history, search ends for a plane in Lake Michigan
| June 26, 2025
A group is ending a 20-year search for a plane that crashed into Lake Michigan in 1950.A guide to what the Juneteenth holiday is and how to celebrate it
| June 18, 2025
It was 160 years ago that enslaved people in Galveston, Texas, learned they had been freed — after the Civil War’s end and two years after President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. The resulting Juneteenth holiday — its name combining “June” and “nineteenth” — has only grown in one-and-a-half centuries. In 2021, President Joe Biden designated it a […]It’s the only Great Lake entirely within US. 10 things to know about Lake Michigan
| June 4, 2025
Lake Michigan, the only one of the five Great Lakes entirely within the United States, spans the western coast of Michigan's Lower Peninsula, providing state residents with fantastic beaches to explore, but there are other fascinating and fun facts about Lake Michigan.
