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Northern Michigan in Focus
Northern Michigan in Focus: Tribute to the Carl D. Bradley
This story starts in the 1950s when two friends got separated and never saw each other again. Corey ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: The Japanese Balloon Bomb That Hit Meauwataka in 1945
It’s not a very well-known story, but a small town north of Cadillac was the victim of a Japanese at...
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Northern Michigan In Focus: Charlie Jacques
The man you’re about to meet has served his community as a firefighter and EMT for more than 30 year...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Presque Isle County
There’s a place in southern Presque Isle County that’s baffled people for decades and this year is n...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Spalling at Crisp Point Lighthouse
A lighthouse group is trying to fix a problem before it becomes unmanageable. In this week’s Norther...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Michigan Music Alliance
It was a year ago when the rug got torn out from underneath restaurants, bars, and musicians. The Mi...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Beaver Island Misses Fiddler Danny Johnston
There’s something—and someone—missing this St. Paddy’s Day on Beaver Island. They canceled their ann...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Live Music is Back at Workshop Brewing Co.
Something has been missing from our local establishments for a long time, but a Traverse City brewer...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Diving the Morrell
We’ve introduced you to world class diver Becky Schott before. In our past story, she explained what...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Stannard Rock Lighthouse
Imagine being able to take a helicopter out to one of the most desolate places on earth to change a ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Stand Up Training
When you do something big, you’ve got to train big. Three middle school friends from Cherryland Midd...
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Northern Michigan In Focus: Edmund Fitzgerald Snow Sculpture
The wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald is one that everyone talks about and pays tribute to including on...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: The Cardinal Lady
Sometimes, people have the opportunity to get up close to nature, and when it happens, it’s pretty s...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Frank Mays
On January 7, 2021 the Great Lakes community lost a man most people loved. His name was Frank Mays a...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Becky Kagan Schott
Becky Kagan Schott is a professional Emmy award winning underwater videographer and photographer who...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Bottled Goodbyes, Lake Fury
It’s a form of communication that goes back centuries, finding a message in a bottle, and now there’...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: 3 More Branches
Drew Hale is a growing singer songwriter from Traverse City. He’s toured the country and has shared ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Grand Traverse Resort & Spa Holiday Display
Even though it’s been a wacky year for everybody, that didn’t stop the Grand Traverse Resort and Spa...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: The Jarvis Lord Shipwreck
Shipwreck hunter and author Ross Richardson has found and documented another shipwreck. The Jarvis L...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Sault Ste. Marie Author Publishes New Book
Be kind and encouraging. It’s one of the messages in a brand new book by a northern Michigan author....
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Northern Michigan in Focus: B-24 Liberator Pilot Warren Schwab
Warren Schwab of Pickford has stories for days. He was born in 1921 and lived through the Great Depr...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Ebels General Store and Camp CoBeAc
Sometimes things just work out. This year, when two different places had two very different problems...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Rachel Brooke’s New Record
It’s a new critically acclaimed country music record that’s turning people’s heads by going back to ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Rediscovering Emerson
Michigan is full of old towns, some of them abandoned. In this week’s Northern Michigan in Focus, Co...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: 49 Years With Mackinac State Historic Parks
Imagine loving your job so much you dedicate 49 years to it. “It’s just been a wonderful career fill...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Thompsonville Marker
There’s many historically significant places around northern Michigan that people have no idea about...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Frances Turns 95-Years-Old
Imagine living in the same house for over seven decades. One woman in Missaukee County has and she’s...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Finding Elk
The Pigeon River Valley is one of the most beautiful places in the state, and one of the reasons is ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Caul Bluhm
Caul Bluhm was only 8-years-old when his parents took him to the East Jordan Fiddler’s Jamboree. Tha...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Happy Birthday, Jesse
The man you’re about to meet has led an amazing life. In his 90’s he still drives, mows the lawn and...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Old Rugged Cross Historical Museum
The museum you’re about to learn about is sometimes tagged as a religious museum, but it’s not. It’s...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Roots Hair Salon
Sometimes surprises come in the most surprising ways! Corey Adkins explains at Roots Hair Salon in C...
Northern Michigan in Focus
Northern Michigan in Focus: Salty – The Colorful Adventures of a Well-Seasoned Seadog Pt. 2
Last week for Northern Michigan in Focus we had part one of Lon Calloway’s story. He spent 45 years ...
Northern Michigan in Focus
Northern Michigan in Focus: Salty – The Colorful Adventures of a Well-Seasoned Sea Dog Pt. 1
It was only supposed to be a part-time job, but then one man soon found himself traveling the world....
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Pioneer Cemetery Restoration
Most of us have heard the saying “out of sight, out of mind.” That’s what happened to a cemetery in ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: CMU Research Project in the Straits of Mackinac
It’s a program called “Assessing and Enhancing the Natural Attenuation Potential of the Great Lakes ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Museum of Moses
For this week’s Northern Michigan in Focus, Corey Adkins takes you to a tiny town with a huge tribut...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Sequestered Art Exhibit
For the last few months a lot of us were stuck at home for a long time. To battle some boredom, a Ga...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Gravestone Class
It may not be something many people think about, but an area historical society thinks these places ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Our Lady of the Woods Shrine
Anybody driving through Mio has probably seen it, but do you know the history of the Our Lady of the...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: The Offield Family Viewlands
Imagine having a blank canvas to one of the awe-inspiring pieces of land in Northern Michigan. That’...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: The Faith Tree
*This story was originally published in Sept. 2018 and was re-aired May 27, 2020. Sometimes big thin...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Ebbys Food Truck
*This article was previously published in July 2018 and re-aired May 20, 2020 As the saying goes, ‘H...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Nature Megaphone
*This article was originally published July 10, 2019 This story starts when Charles Dawley from the ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Morel Mushroom Hunting
*This article was originally published on May 16, 2018 It’s here! The season many of us across North...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Learning Leadership Skills in Antarctica
For Northern Michigan in Focus Corey Adkins takes you to the bottom of the world and introduces you ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Cold Creek Smelt Dip
If you like to dip and eat smelt, you can thank a program started in the late 1800’s that planted th...
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Northern Michigan In Focus: A.A Parker Model Builder
Imagine spending hours building a model ship only to end up breaking it. Corey Adkins met a man who ...
Northern Michigan in Focus
Northern Michigan in Focus: Spread The Music
We’ve heard the saying “we’re all in this together.” Even though we’re all supposed to stay away fro...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Anne Bonney on Staying Positive
With all the uncertainty in our world right now, it’s hard to stay positive. For this week’s Norther...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: P-Stone Creations
You know the saying, “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” We...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: 114-Year-Old Postcard Warrant
Sheriff Richard Martin, of Lake County, is a collector of police memorabilia. He recently purchased ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: 125 Years at Mackinac State Historic Parks
It’s going to be a fun summer at the Mackinac State Historic Parks this summer as they celebrate a h...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Conversation With Descendant of W.C. Kimball Shipwreck
We have an update on a story we did for Northern Michigan in Focus a couple weeks ago on the discove...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: The Story Behind The Photo
A little over a week ago the Mackinac State Historic Parks uploaded a photograph to its Twitter page...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Lake Michigan Shipwreck Discovery
Imagine finding something that’s been lost for more than a century and finding it in almost perfect ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Ice Safety by Great Lakes Shores
We’ve had a lot of stories this week about people and vehicles falling through the ice on inland lak...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Beaver Island History
We all know what it’s like to run out of room in your House. But what if you had centuries of storie...
Northern Michigan in Focus
Northern Michigan in Focus: Beautiful Beaver Island
The massive storm we had last week, the day before New Year’s Eve, caused a lot of problems for a lo...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Benzie Area Historical Society Shares The 12 Days of Christmas
We all know the song 12 days of Christmas and until the end of January you can see all 78 characters...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Wild Rose Cafe Captures the Spirit of the Season
Last year when we did a story on Elaine Sanford, who owns the Wild Rose Cafe in Big Rapids, she said...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Castle Farms Trees
This is the time of the year where people walk around in amazement of Christmas decorations. For thi...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: The Wooden Nickel Tour
Looking for something fun to do? There’s a tour going on in Houghton Lake that may pique your intere...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Claws and Paws Rescue Calendar
This is the time of year for giving, and there’s an animal rescue in West Branch that could use your...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Marine Debris
When our youth gets involved in concerns about our water, it’s a good thing. Corey Adkins shows you ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Gaylord Middle School Veterans Day Ceremony
Monday, communities from all over Northern Michigan honored our veterans with services and events to...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Remembering Sailors Lost on the Great Lakes
Every November 10, the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society holds a memorial ceremony to remembe...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Waugoshance Shoal Lighthouse
Originally for this week’s Northern Michigan in Focus we were going to tell the story of the hauntin...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Elowsky Mill
These days, to get a loaf of bread or a pound of flour we simply go to the store and pick it up. Tha...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Civil War Sign Dedication
In the Maple Hill Cemetery in Cadillac lies a plot of Civil War veterans from the Grand Army of the ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: The Life of Bruce Catton
Northern Michigan has been home to some historically significant authors like Ernest Hemmingway, but...
Northern Michigan in Focus
Northern Michigan in Focus: Cannon River Ranch
On the Pere Marquette river lies on of the most beautiful stretches of private property you’ll ever ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Monarchs on Shelter Island
In May we introduced you to Hugh and Julie Covert, who own Shelter Island in the southeast portion...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Remembering 9/11 with Boy Scouts in Kalkaska
It is important to reflect on and remember the events of 18 years ago and all the people we lost on ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Colonial Michilimackinac Dig
I Imagine finding something 230 years old, and then doing it over and over again. That’s been happen...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Bathtub Sailor
It all started 50 years ago in a coffee shop with two guys joking around, and then making a crazy be...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Cheboygan Boardwalk
Right around three years ago, the city of Cheboygan had a unique problem to deal with. Their answer?...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Fiborn Quarry
We’re about to take you on a trip back in time to talk limestone. Corey Adkins went north of the bri...
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Northern Michigan In Focus: S.O.S. Vermilion
Imagine the shores of Lake Superior as a highway of sorts in the late 1800’s. Filled with boats in t...
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Northern Michigan In Focus: Pigeon River Valley State Forest
This year marks 100 years since the acquisition of one of the most beautiful sections of land in our...
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Northern Michigan In Focus: The First Great Northern Art Explosion in Grayling
Right now, in Grayling, there’s an opportunity for some people to win some money for something they ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: S.R. Kirby Shipwreck
It’s been a mystery for over a century, but now the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society has fou...
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Northern Michigan In Focus: Hartwick Pines Memorial Building
For almost a generation, the Memorial Building at Hartwick Pines in Grayling has been closed. But, a...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Historic Home on Sugar Island
Have you ever seen an old house that’s sat vacant for a while and wondered what the story is behind ...
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Northern Michigan In Focus: Lake Superior Agates
What’s more peaceful than walking down the beach and looking for that perfect rock? For one woman in...
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Northern Michigan In Focus: Legend of the Log Slide
In the late 1800’s and early 1900’s much of Michigan was logged off and there were a lot of differen...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Bear In The Yard
Do you ever have an unwanted guest that’s hard to get rid of? Sometimes all you have to do is get ri...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Wilderness State Park Now Handicap Accessible
For most people, going to a state park is fun and relaxing. For others it can seem like one obstacle...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: B.E.N.
The bottom of Lake Huron is massive and a lot of it still holds many secrets. Over the last two wee...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: New Exhibits on Mackinac Island
One of the best things about going to Mackinac Island is visiting the Mackinac State Historic Parks,...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Vernal Pool
Have you ever taken a walk through the woods and come across those wet, mucky areas? Well, as it tur...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: 8th Graders Cross the Straits of Mackinac
This story is about two people who really believe in what they’re doing. The team of Mark Goethel an...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Right Brain Brewery
All Russell Springsteen wanted to do 11 years ago was brew beer and he has grown beyond his expectat...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Thunder Bay River Restoration Group
Every once in a while, we all find ourselves in a jam. But the group you’re about to meet looks to p...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Spring Goats
This is the time of year we start seeing baby animals on farms and in the fields and woods, but whic...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Re-Watering the MacArthur Lock
Today we’re going to take you to a place and event not many people get to see and experience. Corey ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Veterans Creative Arts
The man you’re about to meet is a veteran with quite a story, and he wants to use his talents to hel...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: States of Incarceration
When Michigan became a state in the 1830s, the first act by Governor Stevens T. Mason was to build J...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Habitat for Humanity Homeowner
Sometimes there’s moments that will change your life. That happened to a Cadillac women and her fami...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Skunks on the Move
We’re getting there everyone. Winter still has its grip on us, but there is movement out there and s...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Garden Island
The cold weather we’ve been having provides a lot of opportunity for fun in the snow and ice. When y...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Beaver Island Fishing Tournament
The folks on Beaver Island always manage to find a way to have a good time, and this last weekend wa...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Winter in Munising
What do you do when you live in a place that’s surrounded by beauty and snow? You improvise. Corey A...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Former Traverse City State Hospital Doctor
There’s a lot of history within the walls of the old Traverse City State Hospital. Now, thanks to th...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Spinning Ice Circle
Sometimes just taking a walk you’ll notice some amazing things in nature. As Corey Adkins shows us i...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Motorcoach Winner
When you see a motorcoach going down the road you may take for granted how much maintenance goes int...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Besser Museum Planetarium
We’ve got a pretty cold stretch coming up, and if you’re looking for something pretty neat to do ins...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Hospice Crosses
Losing a loved one is always extremely emotional. Thankfully there are people out there that care an...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: The Need for Giving
Even though the holidays are behind us, having the giving spirit is still important. Corey Adkins ex...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Christmas Village
Even though Christmas is over, the Christmas spirit is alive in one house outside of Big Rapids. Cor...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Wild Rose Cafe Christmas Dinner
Kindness: it’s something this world needs more of. For this week’s Northern Michigan in Focus, Corey...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Aiden’s Tree
During the holiday season many of us put up our Christmas trees and enjoy them until it’s time to ta...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Mackinac Island Tree Lighting
While hundreds of thousands of people visit Mackinac Island each year, in the winter it goes down to...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Roscommon Historic Train Club & Christmas in the Village
Traditions are important to many people around our region. And this weekend in Roscommon they carry ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Loafers Glory
When a staple of the community shuts its doors, there is often a void left behind that sometimes can...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Anne Bonney
The woman you’re about to meet has been everything from a special needs teacher, animal trainer, wor...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: The Donut Den
What happens when you come up with an idea and build a den in your backyard? People will come. Corey...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Cold Water Surfers
This is the time of year when most people like to sit in their nice cozy home and maybe have a bowl ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Surrounded By Support
Sometimes, it takes the worst things to happen to show the good of people. In this week’s Northern M...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Deadwood Grove Haunted Trail
What do you do when you need to raise some money for a good cause? The members of Phi Theta Kappa Ho...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Free Coats for Those in Need
Soon winter will be upon us and for those who may need some help with a coat, a Grayling church has ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Tom Moran
Imagine starting a business, but really not knowing the basics of the business you’re starting. For ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Underwater Adventuring With Liquid Productions
The photographer you’re about to meet always seems to find herself in pretty intense places. And lat...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Schooner Huron Jewel
Who hasn’t dreamed of hopping on a boat and sailing away? For a couple on Drummond Island, they made...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Grand Island North Light
For this week’s Northern Michigan in Focus, Corey Adkins takes us to the North Light on Grand Island...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Dinosaur Gardens
It’s a place in Alpena County that people have made into a family tradition for decades. For this we...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Deviant Motions
The music business is a very tough business, but for one Grayling musician it’s all about self-refle...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Crisp Point Lighthouse
If you’re the adventurous type, there’s a lighthouse in northern Luce County you should put on your ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Fly Fishing on the Boardman River
Northern Michigan in Focus may look a bit different this week! Liam Kaiser joined up with the owner ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Colonial Michilimackinac Archaeological Excavation
For almost 60 years the Mackinac State Historic Park has been digging themselves into a hole. For th...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Grayling Fish Hatchery
With all the hustle and bustle happening around our area this week you just might need a good place ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Perception
Sometimes things can be more than they seem. In this week’s Northern Michigan in Focus, Corey Adkins...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: WWI Monument in Beaverton
Sometimes, time creeps up on us and even things made of concrete and stone need attention. In this w...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Barker Creek
If you look hard enough, you’ll find all sorts of interesting facts about our area. In this week’s N...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Pickford Area Historical Museum
Situated about 20 miles south of the Soo is a little town. If you blink, you might drive through it ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Todd and Brad Reed Photography
If you’re a fan of photography, you’ve probably heard of Todd and Brad Reed from Ludington. Their im...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Historic Frankfort Church
There’s so many beautiful and historic buildings in Northern Michigan. For this week’s Northern Mich...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Celebrating Mother’s Day With Sassafrass
This Sunday, people from all over the country will be celebrating a very important person in their l...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Opossums
Sometimes, things get a stigma that they necessarily don’t deserve. In this week’s Northern Michigan...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: International Bridge Peregrine Falcons
Sometimes nature is awesome. Believe it or not, up in Sault Ste. Marie, there’s a pair of birds inad...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Northern Michigan Metal Art
Sometimes you have a talent that needs to be pointed out to you. For this week’s Northern Michigan i...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Smelt Boom in Beulah
If you like to dip and eat smelt you can thank a program started in the late 1800s that planted them...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Goats at Maple Leaf Farm and Creamery
Some would consider spring a time of new, a rebirth of sorts. There’s a farm in Missaukee County tha...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: The Flying Pig
Sometimes, destiny can happen when you’re simply driving down the road. That happened to a couple in...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Josh Hartman Photography
Sometimes, being on the road for a long time makes you want to settle down. For this week’s Northern...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Worm Moon
This last weekend was one for the books. Perfect weather had most people outside enjoying that big g...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Best Friends Business
“There’s nobody else that I would do this with, no, not at all, I wouldn’t trust any other person to...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Picnic at the Opera
If you’re in Traverse City and looking for a fun place to have lunch on Wednesday’s, we might have s...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Bird Whisperer
A lot of people across Northern Michigan love to feed their backyard birds. Steve Rasmussen from the...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Herbal Lodge
These days, people are some trying to go more natural and organic for aliments. There’s a man out of...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Celebrating Sault Ste. Marie’s 350th Birthday
“The Semiseptcentennial, The 350 anniversary of Sault Ste. Marie,” said Linda Hoath, Sault Ste. Mari...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Sturgeon River Winter Rafting
Trying new things can sometimes be the spice of life. Corey Adkins met up with the guys from Sturgeo...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Main Branch Art Gallery
“Everybody who walks through the door looks down the gallery and says ‘wow!’” said Ken Wright. It’s ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Big Rapids Harmonica Group
Some people find it hard, or maybe even uneasy, to put themselves into social groups. Well, there’s ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: The Association to Rescue Kritters New Book
When should you step in to help a wild animal, and when should you let it be? The folks at ARK, the ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Shipwreck Discoveries
This past summer, crews from the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and many other organizations ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Students Spreading Christmas Cheer
With things like donations, it’s hard to know exactly how far our holiday generosity and cheer goes....
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Turkey Jump
“I’m Jeff Gray, the superintendent of the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary and what I do is I o...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Scrolls Unlimited
While the snow may get you in the Christmas spirit, so can the work being done to make Christmas scr...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: The Stanford H. Smith
Next year the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will be sporting a brand new boat for Great Lakes resea...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: King’s Farms
There’s something about going to your favorite Christmas tree lot and picking out a nice, fresh tree...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Winter At Fort Michilimackinac
There was a time in Northern Michigan where slowing down for the winter wasn’t a choice, but a neces...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Naturally Nutty
For parents, finding healthy, nutritious food that kids will eat is an everyday challenge.
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Photographer Mark Lindsay
These days everyone is a photographer. Nearly everyone has a phone and is using it to capture everyt...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Florip Toolworks
A skill that was born out of necessity. Erik Florip was in the Marine Corps, stationed at Camp Pendl...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Winter Paddle Boarding on the Great Lakes
Chief photojournalist Corey Adkins takes us paddle boarding in Thunder Bay for this week’s Northern ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Industrial Arts Institute in Onaway
There was once a time when trying to find a plumber or electrician wasn’t too hard.
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Passion, Love and Good Cheese
Starting your own business takes a certain amount of gusto, bravery, spirit, whatever you want to ca...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Saving Leelanau County History
Newspapers are often the historical record for any given area but they degrade over time, and it can...
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Northern Michigan In Focus: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is considered one of the most beautiful places in the world, ...
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Northern Michigan In Focus: The Best of 2016
As we near the end of 2016, it’s time to reflect and look back.
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Northern Michigan in Focus: True Christmas Spirit
There are people who decorate for Christmas — you know the tree, some Santas or snowmen. Then there ...
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Northern Michigan In Focus: Uniquely Loved
I love you. Three simple words that often come with a lot of weight.
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Pearl Harbor 75 Years Later
Seventy-five years ago today, the world changed drastically. The Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor wou...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Elk Rapids Antique Market
Corey Adkins shows us how we can think outside the box when it comes to gift giving in today’s North...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Christmas Tree Farms
The countdown is on to Thanksgiving, but Christmas will be here before we know it and that means get...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Cyber Seniors
Older equals wiser in many instances, but not all. The rapid growth of technology has left some seni...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Gravestone Restoration
In this week’s Northern Michigan in Focus, chief photojournalist Corey Adkins introduces you to one ...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: M-22
We all know how beautiful M-22 is, and the stretch between Onekama and the Arcadia Bluffs is no exce...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Happy 110th Birthday Ebe Toffolo
Corey introduces us to the oldest person in Michigan in today’s Northern Michigan in Focus.
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society Discovery
There is no shortage of shipwrecks in Lake Superior, but sometimes a big discovery is not a lost shi...
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Northern Michigan In Focus: Pahl’s Pumpkin Patch and Kenny’s Park
If you’ve ever driven from Mesick to Buckley, you’ve seen it. It’s the massive structure in front of...
Northern Michigan in Focus
Northern Michigan in Focus: Pearl Harbor and D-Day Survivor
Imagine the year is 1940. Europe is at war, and America is about to be pulled into it. You’re 19 ye...
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Northern Michigan in Focus: Evans Brothers Fruit Company
From changing leaves to pumpkin patches, there is so much to love about fall.
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Rooftop Landing Reindeer Farm
There are officially 95 days left until Christmas, but for some, the holiday spirit is alive and wel...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Fort Michilimackinac’s New Cannon
Saving and preserving history, the goal of parks and museums across Northern Michigan. But when a pi...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Model Ships
It’s always nice to have an interest, something to keep you busy, something you love.
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Fluke The Dog
Dog owners know when you’ve found that special pet, they make your life better. In this case, a fami...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Petoskey Mural Project
You could call this an art lesson on a grand scale.
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Beaver Island Historical Society’s Marine Museum
You have to look back sometimes to see how far you’ve come. It’s one reason many are so interested i...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Musician Jake Allen
People around Northern Michigan who have seen the band, The Cookies, love their Motown and dance sou...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Fort Michilimackinac
Hard to imagine what life would be like in Northern Michigan in the 1700s, but there’s a place that ...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Giving Wings Aviation
Chief photojournalist Corey Adkins takes us high over Traverse City for this week’s Sightseeing in N...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: 19 Years On The Drummond Island Ferry
It’s 6 p.m. on July 12, 2016. Rockie Taghon is showing up for his last shift working on the Drummond...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Blessing Of The Fleet
It’s a tradition that started centuries ago in the Mediterranean, and today it continues in Harbor S...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Rodeo Queen
Michelle Dunaway and Corey Adkins introduce us to a very special girl who’s a rising star with her h...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Straw Bale Gardening
A garden is one of those special gifts that summer brings to Northern Michigan.
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Project Nature
In the Pigeon River Valley, north of Gaylord, lies the ruins of an idea that didn’t last long. It wa...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Sporck Tile Art
The great thing about art is that it can come in so many forms. It doesn’t have to be big or expensi...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Roscommon Zoo
Corey Adkins takes us to the Roscommon Zoo for this week’s Sightseeing in Northern Michigan.
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Buckets of Rain
Living in Northern Michigan, we can sometimes be shielding from the great poverty and need that exis...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Art of the Blacksmith
The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is more than gorgeous vistas and unsurpassed views. It al...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Nessen City Schoolhouse Renovation Project
Today, Corey Adkins introduces us to some people determined to give an old schoolhouse a new purpose...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Finding Morel Mushrooms
It is hunting season, but don’t go out and grab your bow or your rifle. All you need is a good set o...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: The Singing Waitress
There’s a little restaurant in Clare County where the entertainment is as good as the food.
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Tall Tales Tackle
Bait and tackle shops are preparing for the busy summer season. Chief photojournalist Corey Adkins f...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Sheep Shearing
Raising sheep for shearing and blanket making takes time and dedication. But as chief photojournalis...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Happy Dogs, Happy Owners
We introduce you to a man hoping to make all dogs and their owners happy in this week’s Sightseeing ...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Morbark
They make some of the biggest machines you will ever see, and they do it all right here in Michigan....
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Kingsley High School Log Program
The classroom is great for certain subjects, but there are plenty of lessons found in a not-so-typic...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Star Wars: Absolutely Everything You Need To Know
Sometimes, you never know who you might run into at a local cafe or book store.
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Twin Bay Docks
Though the lakes are still frozen, you can feel it in the air. Boating season will be here soon. And...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Peter Forton
You have paying the bills, and then there are passions. For a lucky few, they are one in the same. B...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Kari Lynch
Sometimes in the midst of a great journey, we just need to go home. A singer and songwriter from Cla...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Picture of Health
A heart attack can be a real wake-up call for people to take a good look at their health.
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Chickadees
Northern Michigan winters are not for the faint of heart. Never easy for man, nor beast, nor bird. T...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Super Bowl Book
Hundreds of millions of people around the world will be watching the Carolina Panthers take on the D...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: East Jordan Juggling Club
We all juggle every single day, from work, to school, to our home and family obligations. But very f...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Trigger Boxing
“My idea was to do something to empower them, to make them feel the power that we know that they hav...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Liberty Gumball
Skilled craftsmen are getting harder and harder to find these days — people who can build things wit...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Charlevoix Photography Club
We’ve all seen a photograph that’s moved us. Chances are the person who took that photo put some ser...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Castle Farms Polar Express
This time of the year we enjoy showing you some of the most spectacular Christmas displays in Northe...
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Sightseeing In Northern Michigan: Star Wars, The Force Awakens
As most everyone knows, Thursday is the big day. Star Wars: The Force Awakens will finally be releas...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Gingerbread Village
There are certain traditions that just make the holiday season sweeter. Gingerbread is one of them, ...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Otsego County Museum Christmas Celebration
Every community does something a little bit different to celebrate the holiday season. Gaylord is no...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Northern Evergreen
Sure tomorrow is Thanksgiving, but by the time Friday rolls around, Christmas will be on the minds o...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Remembering Ruth Hudson and the Edmund Fitzgerald
During the ceremony to recognize the 40th anniversary of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald, there...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Veterans Day
Today is a special day for veterans all around the country, including right here in Northern Michiga...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Spunky Skydiver
“I pick up everybody’s old saw blades. They all save them for me, and I paint on both sides of them ...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Great Lakes Maritime Lore Museum
Not far from the shores of Lake Huron sits a small unassuming building in downtown Rogers City.
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Leaf Peeping
Northern Michigan is beautiful in all four seasons, but every time of year has something different t...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Island Airways
Seventy years of service high above Lake Michigan.
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Highway 17
Highway 17 in Canada is known for its breathtaking views through sprawling vistas.
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Supermoon Eclipse
The sun, the earth and the moon lined up in a row to put on a light show in Sunday’s night sky.
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Proud and Patriotic
It’s been a great summer for anyone who loves to camp — truly an American pastime.
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: The Henry B. Smith Shipwreck
“The story of her loss should be told again and again, because it is the classic story of a good shi...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Diving The Country
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 was the largest marine oil spill in hi...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Charlevoix Thatched Roof Home
The very first so-called mushroom home that Earl Young built in Charlevoix is being re-built with a ...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: The Pointer in Harbor Springs
Docked at Stafford’s Pier Restaurant, people can even enjoy their lunch or dinner on board The Point...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: Roscommon Model Train Club
“It’s a lot of fun, that’s all I can tell you, a lot of fun,” said club member Joel Hodgson.Grown me...
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Sightseeing in Northern Michigan: The Riverboat Experience
Many years ago it was a hot spot for sightseeing cruises.Today, two men are trying to revitalize tha...
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