Day: 8 May 2025
Forest to MI Faucet: Using trees to keep water sources pristine
Mike Smalligan, the Forest Stewardship Coordinator for the Forest Resources Division of the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, is putting together the Forest to MI Faucet program to use trees […]
Woman killed in crash with stolen pickup remembered for kindness, generosity
Colleen Slota, 62, was on her way home from work at London Hospital Linen Service last Wednesday, when she was killed in a crash with a stolen vehicle on Adelaide Street at Thompson Road.
Researchers studying Weko Beach shoreline
Organized by Bridgman’s Shoreline Resiliency Committee, folks got a preview of Michigan State University’s Citizen-Science Coastal Change Monitoring Program before picking up trash. Using drones, researchers gather data and map […]
Water is sacred to Indigenous people. They have been fighting to protect it for decades
Pamela Palmater, a Mi’kmaw citizen and member of the Eel River Bar First Nation in northern New Brunswick, produced the short documentary film Samqwan, which translates to water in the […]
2 Upper Peninsula lighthouses slated for restoration program
With 120 lighthouses dotting its shoreline, Michigan has the most lighthouses of any state in the nation. To ensure the lighthouses receive the care they need, the State Historic Preservation […]