Author: Bridge Michigan
Kent County Health Department reports Michigan’s first West Nile death of 2025
The victim, a West Michigan man, lived less than 3,000 feet from a site where mosquitoes carrying the virus were recently found. Statewide, five other cases have been confirmed.
Traverse City exhibition highlights indigenous artists around the world (and here, too)
There’s still time to catch the ‘Indigenous Biennial’ at Traverse City’s Alluvion. The exhibition (mostly) leaves on August 31.
Michigan Dreaming: Cheering all night on the Au Sable River
Cheering all night long was rated No. 4 on the Michigan Dreaming bucket list, which the nonprofit news organization Bridge Michigan put together with reader suggestions. Come with us to the Au Sable River Canoe Marathon.
Volunteers search a Torch Lake tributary for E. coli, and find it
But Michigan’s lack of statewide septic regulations makes dealing with it a little more complicated. Efforts in Lansing to establish a septic code have fallen short, but there are bills currently in legislative committees that would deal with the issue. The state currently relies on county and local governments to create and enforce their own regulations.
‘Speaking of Wildlife’ event in Elk Rapids to cover conservation, environmental ethics
Christopher Preston, author and professor of environmental philosophy, will talk about the changing relationship between humans and wildlife.