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Image for Public invited to Idlewild Heritage Trail Open House is a logo for the Idlewild Black Heritage Trail. Historic Idlewild Michigan. The image includes a drawing of pine and leafy trees above stepped planters beside a still lake reflecting the trees. Beneath the words is an orange outline of Michigan's Lower and Upper Peninsulas set in a blue background with white wavy lines signifying the Great Lakes.

Public invited to preview Idlewild Heritage Trail concepts

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Images for Hallowhat? include a selfie of a gal wearing a black mask with feather like protrusions and a small beak, two giant magenta flowers that look like chrysanthemums atop her blonde hair with a sheet of black and white fabric behind her on which are skulls. On the right side of the image is bald-headed guy weating jeans and a tee shirt seated in a lawn chair reading a newspaper in the middle of a field of pumpkins.

Hallowhat?

October 15, 2026 No Comments

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Platte River State Fish Hatchery new paved trail and gazebo in Benzie County.

Accessible visitor trail, pavilion installed at Platte River State Fish Hatchery

October 14, 2026 No Comments

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Repatriation film image is of the poster. Details in the story.

Film highlights efforts to reclaim Michigan Indigenous ancestors’ remains

October 12, 2026 No Comments

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Repatriation photo is of a headstone for Eugene Battice, a Native American child. The headstone has a feather at the top, then Eugene's name, next line says Son of Anna Shagonabe. June 1946 to March 1956.

Repatriation: seeking justice for lost loved ones

October 12, 2026 No Comments

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Image for Onekama family to offer private-property tours is of the stream running through their wooded property. Courtesy photo.

Onekama family to offer guided private-property hikes in October

October 3, 2026 No Comments

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Multi fiber arts show images are of a basket made of natural materials and a needlepoint scene of the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island with blooming flowers in front of it on a blue sky day. Photos courtesy of Ramsdell Regional Center for the Arts.

Multi-sensory fiber arts show opens at Ramsdell

September 24, 2026 No Comments

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New Bear Lake mural image is of the color back of Motel Bear Lake with the farming mural closest to the camera. There is a diagonal swath of yellow with old migrant housing, rows of green crops, farmer Zac Mezeske picking and adding to his bundle of radishes before dawn. The sky above and behind him is dark. There are tall jack pine trees in the darkness. Image of the mural courtesy of Z and N Farm.

New Bear Lake mural highlights area farming history

July 26, 2026 No Comments

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Photo of Arcadia Daze Grand Marshal Jeanne Sitter. The photo is a close-up of her head and shoulders. Her wavy white hair is pulled back and she is wearing earrings and a flowered scoop-neck blouse. Photo by Kristina Stierholz.

Meet the Arcadia Daze Grand Marshal Jeanne Sitter

July 19, 2026 No Comments

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An example of an N95 mask. This one is older and is likely past its expiration date. Photo: P. Stinson

N95 masks available at area health departments

July 17, 2026 No Comments

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Image for don't overlook your pets is of a terrier type dog with black button eyes and nose, floppy gray ears and a white head resting on a pink plush toy in the shape of a big dog bone. She is laying down and looking at the camera. Photo by Susan Hintz.

Don’t overlook your pets during air quality alerts

July 16, 2026 No Comments

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Pastel painting by artist Marie Marfia whose work will be shown at the Timeless Gallery in Ludington beginning July 18. The work is of a channel through grass-covered dunes with sparse shrubbery and a lone tree in the distance beneath an expansive sky of pink-purple clouds against blue sky.

Local artist presents Ludington State Park paintings

July 16, 2026 No Comments

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