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The Beechwood Store in Iron River Township, built in 1912 in the small Swedish settlement of Beechwood, played an essential role in the cultural and social life of its western Upper Peninsula community.
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Eric Freedman
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9/18/20
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Brian Allen was kayaking through Arcadia Marsh in Manistee County when something big and white dove at him. He had to use his paddle to defend himself from the attacker — a mute swan.
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Cassidy Hough
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9/18/20
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The threat of losing your driver’s license for offenses unrelated to dangerous driving would be eliminated under bills pushed by advocates for low-income Michigan residents.
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Zholdas Orisbayev
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9/18/20
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A COVID-19 case tracker updated today by Michigan State University appears to significantly understate the coronavirus caseload tied to its students and staff.
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While coronavirus-related safety measures ramp up near Michigan State University, local health officials are growing increasingly concerned for their personal safety.
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Kyle Kaminski
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9/18/20
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Two businesses in Lansing are facing thousands of dollars in state fines for failing to follow workplace safety requirements, including a lack of face masks.
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Kyle Kaminski
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9/17/20
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A 21-year-old Lansing woman is facing six felony charges in connection to a house fire that killed a 53-year-old grandmother and her two grandkids.
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Staff
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9/17/20
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A lease agreement pending between the city of Lansing and the Detroit Rising Development Group aims to transform the old Lansing City Market Building into the Lansing Shuffleboard and Social Club by 2022.
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Kyle Kamisnki
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9/17/20
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On Nov. 3 voters in Eaton County will choose between Sheriff Tom Reich, a two-term incumbent, and former state Sen. Rick Jones, who was sheriff for four years before being elected to the state Legislature.
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Staff
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9/17/20
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A recent spike in COVID-19 cases tied almost exclusively to parties near Michigan State University has forced local health officials into crisis mode as Ingham County quickly becomes the top coronavirus hotspot in Michigan, according to data tracked by state officials.
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Kyle Kaminski
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9/15/20
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The Lansing City Council moved one step closer tonight to issuing $12 million in tax assessments to residents that could begin arriving this winter and would cover about two-thirds the cost of Ingham County Drain Commissioner Pat Lindemann’s $34.8 million Montgomery Drain reconstruction project.
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Kyle Kaminski
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9/14/20
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This story was updated at 9:45 a.m.
TUESDAY, Sept. 15 — A discounted rental offered to the developers of the old Lansing City Market building is expected to be offset with annual savings in …
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Kyle Kaminski
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9/14/20
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“Aston and Jesse were good kids who loved their grandma and their family,” Bernero said. “If they were anything like me as a kid, I’m sure they were not perfect angels. But they are now.”
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Kyle Kaminski
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9/14/20
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About two dozen local organizers marched to Mayor Andy Schor’s house last night to demand that he “act with urgency” on police defunding, the group’s representative said today.
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Staff
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9/11/20
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After months of state-mandated closures, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer reeled back some coronavirus safety restrictions last week and announced that gyms could reopen statewide.
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Kyle Kaminski
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9/11/20
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None of the eight employees at Joe’s Gizzard City in Potterville wear face masks.
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Forty apartments overlooking the Stadium District are available for lease as construction nears completion on a grocery store and the first hotel to come to downtown Lansing in two decades.
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Kyle Kaminski
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9/11/20
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Library patrons may not be spending hours browsing the stacks for new reads, but Michigan librarians are still busy quarantining books and shipping them to eager readers.
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Taylor Haelterman
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9/11/20
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Buried halfway down on the homepage of the Huron County Nature Center website is a line that best sums up this unusual preserve at the tip of Michigan’s Thumb: “A short drive to wilderness...”
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Jim DuFresne
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9/11/20
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When L. David Mech arrived at Isle Royale in 1959, he had no idea he would pioneer the nation’s longest-running prey-predator study, one that would become a model for wildlife biologists around the world.
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Eric Freedman
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9/11/20
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