Great Lakes Echo

Green clues: Crime-busters turn to moss to help solve crimes 

5 min read

By Eric Freedman

Tiny pieces of moss can be crime-busters, says a study examining how law enforcement agencies, forensic teams and botanists have used moss to solve murders, track missing people, calculate how long ago someone died and – in a notorious Mason County case – try to locate the body of a baby murdered by her father.

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Great Lakes Now

Stanton Yards development merges art, nature on Detroit River, envisions ‘thriving new community destination’

7 min read

Stanton Yards development merges art, nature on Detroit River, envisions ‘thriving new community destination’

This story is published in partnership with Planet Detroit

Stanton Yards, a Detroit riverfront development, aims to be a gathering place where people find inspiration in art and reconnect with nature.

The waterfront attraction is planned as an extension of the Little Village cultural corridor developed by Library Street Collective co-founders Anthony and JJ Curis.

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Climate change Michigan Public

Stateside: Friday, Nov. 13, 2025

2 min read

We learned about the increase in measles cases in Windsor, an invasive species from the Great Lakes wreaking havoc in Japan, what’s behind the “muck” in Lake St. Clair, how wealth inequality destabilizes the world, and indigenous traditions for harvesting wild rice in Michigan.