Seeking Michigan: Battle for Wexford County!
By Brenda Irish, courtesy Archives of Michigan and courtesy Seeking Michigan and the Archives of Michigan. The goal of Seeking Michigan is simple: to connect you to the stories of this great state....
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20 books celebrating Michigan people, places, and events Bookshelves by falseverdict The Library of Michigan has announced their list of Michigan Notable Books for 2014. “The Michigan Notable Books...
View ArticleLegendary Ice Caves on Lake Michigan!
via Leelanau.com… [field name=iframe] mLive called out this incredible video by Tom Auch and George Meredith of the massive ice caves off the western shore of Leelanau County. Getting to the formations...
View ArticleFive Things You Need to Know: Go Dogs Go plus Ice & Snow
Winter Wonderland by David Behrens Deep Freeze to Bring Cold & Snow mLive is reporting that severe & sustained cold is coming to Michigan this week. It sounds as if the Lake Michigan shore will...
View ArticleFive Things You Need to Know: Boomtown Edition
Next Big Idea for Transportation in Michigan? believing in fortunes by Chris – Mill Race in Northville Speaking on Michigan Radio’s excellent Stateside program, RFD Insight founder Lawrence Dolph says...
View ArticleFive Things You Need to Know about Michigan: Primary Colors Edition
Mass Shooting in Kalamazoo I don’t know what you can say other than “Isn’t it time we do SOMETHING???” Via NBC News: The eight people shot by a rampaging Uber driver Saturday were cut down on what...
View ArticleFive Things you need to know about Michigan: Leap Day Edition
Jumptacular! photo by Andrew McFarlane Happy Leap Day Michigan! Today is the day we do the quadrennial calendar adjustment known as Leap Day, instituted in 45 BC by Julius Caesar. It’s in February...
View ArticleHamlin Lake UFO Sighting
Hamlin Lake by otisourcat Here’s a cool March 2nd UFO story from Michigan via Examiner.com: A 78-year-old Michigan woman recalls a UFO encounter in 1943 “as if it happened yesterday,” according to...
View ArticleHappy Birthday to you, Mackinac Island State Park!
Mackinac Island National Park (now Mackinac Island State Park) was created on March 3, 1875. It was the second national park established in the nation, coming three years after Yellowstone. The park,...
View ArticleMichigan Waterfall Time-lapses
While working on today’s Michigan in Pictures about Root Beer Falls, I came across a great series of time-lapse videos of Michigan waterfalls from Douglas Feltman. Many like Root Beer Falls and Jumbo...
View ArticleMichigan takes center stage in Republican & Democratic Presidential Primaries
CNN Democratic Debate, courtesy CNN Extensive Airtime for Michigan Issues The debate focused extensively on Michigan issues including Flint’s water crisis, Detroit’s Public Schools, and the auto...
View ArticleFive Things you need to know about Michigan: Spring Forward Edition
Loyola High School in Detroit Okwuolisa Umeokalo, a 16-year-old senior, plans to leave Detroit when he graduates. (Peter O’Dowd/Here & Now) Detroit schools have been in the news a lot of late, and...
View ArticleMichigan History: The Birth of the Panty Raid
Here’s a little bit of an early #ThrowbackThursday in honor of the University of Michigan’s play-in win last night for the NCAA March Madness tourney and their likely selection for the Frozen Four NCAA...
View ArticleThe Red Dwarf of Detroit and Marche du Nain Rouge
The Red Dwarf of Detroit and the Marche du Nain Rouge Every spring, Detroiters celebrate liberation from the Nain Rouge in the Marche du Nain Rouge. The event is now in its 7th year and is symbolic of...
View ArticleFive Things you need to know about Michigan: Investing in our Future
Making the Mackinac Bridge We shared this on Facebook over the weekend, but this is a really cool video from the History Channel featuring some great old clips of the construction of the Mackinac...
View ArticleUniversity of Michigan & Michigan State merge to form “MU”
HOWELL, MICHIGAN – This morning, Ann Arbor based University of Michigan and East Lansing’s Michigan State University announced a historic merger that will create the largest university on the planet,...
View ArticleApril 1st Special Report
Five Things you need to know about Michigan April 1st Special Report Whale Sighting in Grand Haven Visit Grand Haven posted a beautiful photograph of the latest Lake Michigan whale sighting, this time...
View ArticleAlexander Macomb & Macomb County Heritage Day
The Faces of Macomb County by Brandon Bartoszek April 3rd is Macomb County Heritage Day, so here’s a zoom in of the Macomb County headquarters. From the Michigan Historical Marker in Macomb County:...
View ArticleLine 5 Pipeline Puts Great Lakes at Risk
Line 5 pipeline puts 700 miles of Great Lakes shoreline at riskCourtesy University of Michigan “There is a pipeline that‘s sitting at the bottom of the Straits of Mackinac. It was designed for a 50...
View Article100 (plus) Years at Tiger Stadium
Reaching back four years to update this… Tiger Stadium Deconstruction by paulhitz Tiger Stadium’s 100th birthday was last Friday. In a fairly heartbreaking story, Eric Adelson of Yahoo Sports observed...
View ArticleFive Things you need to know about Michigan Morel Mushrooms
backyard morels by Jason Rydquist The Michigan Morel We’re getting reports from across the state of morels being found, so it’s a great time to share some of information about these Pure Michigan...
View ArticleReal Michigan Food: The Pasty
The pasty by tiffae The Pasty: Official Food of Michigan’s Upper PeninsulaPasty Lore & Recipes 2016 is the 20th anniversary of one of our favorite websites, Pasty Central. They’re an...
View ArticleL. Frank Baum, The Goose Man of Macatawa
L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, was born on May 15, 1856. The Holland Sentinel has an excellent feature on Baum’s Michigan connection, explaining that this multi-talented man was...
View ArticleMichigan Strawberries are Ready to Pick!
Michigan Strawberries are Ready to Pick!Strawberry Season in the Great Lakes State Wild Strawberries by Rudy Malmquist Strawberries are grown in every county of Michigan and your fun fact of the day...
View ArticleHappy Internaut Day!
Screenhead by Chancellor Monnette via Michigan in Pictures… Today (August 23, 2016) is, Internaut Day, the 25th anniversary of the official launch of the the World Wide Web. Some fun facts and some...
View ArticleA Look Back at Labor Day in Detroit
A Look Back at Labor Day in Detroit “In America no man need be apologetic because he works; he needs to explain if he does not. Accordingly, Labor Day is not the peculiar property of some group, but...
View ArticleApollo 15, Michigan and the Moon
Left to right: Scott, Worden, Irwin 41 years ago today, the Apollo 15 mission blasted off with its crew of Commander David R. Scott, Command Module Pilot Alfred M. Worden, Lunar Module Pilot James B....
View ArticleThe Rouse Simmons and the Great Lakes Christmas Tree Ships
Through Pasty Central’s This Day in History for November 21st, we’re reminded that of the story of the Rouse Simmons. This was originally published on Michigan in Pictures. Here is a portrait of Elsie...
View ArticleThe Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald edited by Joseph Fulton
Today is the 36th anniversary of the sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, and if you’re in Michigan, you’ll probably hear The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot today. I’m pretty...
View Article#TBT May 13, 1980: The Kalamazoo Tornado
The Kalamazoo Public Library has a feature entitled TWISTER! The 1980 Tornado that begins: On Tuesday, 13 May 1980, a tornado struck the heart of Kalamazoo, Michigan. First touching down at 4 pm eight...
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