Author: Interlochen Public Radio
We loved these things in 2024, and hope you enjoy them in 2025
The IPR News staff assembled a list of things we loved over the past year (most of which have very little to do with news). We hope these little pieces of joy from our lives will bring some joy to yours in 2025.
Grand Traverse Band officially gains ownership of former Timber Shores site
After 150 years, the tribe regains ownership of land that was once the epicenter of Ojibwe and Odawa villages in the Leelanau Peninsula.
Candidates compete for MI Democratic Party chair position
Candidates in the race to become the next leader of the Michigan Democratic Party are jockeying for position ahead of next year’s party convention.
Whitmer signs bills to extend jobless benefits to 26 weeks
Jobless workers will be able to collect unemployment benefits for a little more than six months under bills signed Monday by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.
Audubon’s annual Christmas Bird Count underway
The National Audubon Society’s annual Christmas Bird Count is underway until Jan. 5. Coordinated visits to hundreds of sites in the U.S. and Canada to count birds depends on volunteers. There are about 80 sites in Michigan and more than 70 in Ohio.