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Climate takes its toll on the ‘cherry capital of the world’
In partnership with Grist, a look at how northern Michigan’s famous industry is coping with a changing climate.
Snow worries
For northern Michigan businesses that count on snow, last year stunk. Federal disaster loans were a short-term help for many, but what about warmer winters ahead? That’s this week on the Up North Lowdown.Plus, the Lions roar, area music festivals face an uncertain future and we remember the arrest that sparked a change in fishing rights.
Funding for UP copper mine held up in Senate Appropriations Committee
The $50 million grant was advanced by the House Appropriations Committee last week.
Lawsuit names TCAPS, others after boy’s death at school bus stop
The suit, filed in federal court by the estate of Jayson Hoogeveen, asks for hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.
50 years ago today, Art Duhamel was arrested for fishing in Grand Traverse Bay
The arrest led to a test case that would force the state of Michigan to recognize Anishinaabe fishing rights in the Grand Traverse region.