This week's highlights include a wine festival out west, a fireworks competition in Traverse City, and Detroit's largest annual community festival.
Last year, Planned Parenthood of Michigan’s Virtual Health Center served more than 10,000 patients across the Great Lakes State. They predict that the number will increase, as hospitals close and attacks on repro care get worse.
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.
Campsites in Michigan are just as stunning during the off-season, when fall foliage and early winter snow add a natural sprinkle of magic.
The Great Lakes Fishery Commission will receive a $2.1 million grant to address the invasive sea lamprey in the Grand River in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Michigan experiences hundreds of thousands of lightning strikes each year and ranks 25th in lightning density per square mile, according to 2024 data.
A handful of states have laws limiting wakeboarding to specific areas or deeper waters, while a push to do so in Michigan last year was dead in Lansing.
Pollution stemming from agricultural runoff contributes to harmful algal blooms and expanding “dead zones,” jeopardizing ecosystems, water quality and public health.
Pasties, car shows, and more.
Researchers were once confident Michigan’s moose population could reach numbers in the thousands within 15 years. Since 2010, estimates are between 400 and 500.
