Category: Michigan
Dam failure risk prompts Trout Lake drawdown
Michigan has many aging dams across the state. One dam on Trout Lake in Gladwin county Michigan is at risk of failing, according to state officials. Higher water pressure from spring runoff prompted an “emergency” drawdown of Trout Lake water levels to prevent dam failure.
‘If Shoes Could Talk’
This podcast by middle school students from the East Jordan Shoe Club inspires listeners to dream big, work hard and learn from failure through conversations with successful people.
Gretchen Whitmer: I shouldnât have hid my face in White House visit
The governor tells reporters that she regrets a moment that led to a viral photograph. Whitmer was meeting with Trump on Michigan issues but covered her face as she stood with her back to a wall in the Oval Office….
Fact check: Gretchen Whitmer warns ‘funding cliffâ coming for Michigan roads
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says sheâs optimistic for a bipartisan road funding deal this year but criticized several elements of a GOP plan. Here are the facts….
How community gardens serve as ‘third places’ for Detroiters
Toward the end of 2023, I was newly unemployed and living by myself for the first time.
In between jobs, searching for employment and a means of fulfillment and community, I began to reflect on how my mom got into gardening. In the dead of winter, memories of childhood summers spent pulling weeds, tilling soil and fleeing the occasional garter snake alongside her began to color my mind.