Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s first four years in office were A LOT. But here we are on the c...

9&10News · Focus – Blue Trifecta Democrats will control the executive branch, and both legislative b...

Every year, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources makes some changes to the rules for deer hu...

Governor Gretchen Whitmer and challenger Tudor Dixon will face-off in their first debate this week, ...

Lake Superior State University was the first in the nation to open a cannabis chemistry program. The...

Coastal wetlands around the Great Lakes harbor wildlife and improve water quality for humans. Audubo...

The pandemic is obviously terrible in almost every way. But some medical students are actually benef...

Two things dominated the week in Lansing: The governor’s proposed budget, and more controversial rem...

General Motors took a dramatic turn by announcing that they will only produce electric or zero emiss...

This week Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer gave her third state of the state address. Her first du...

Child care is hard to find in northern Michigan. It was that way before the pandemic, and it’s only ...

For two years, Michigan’s Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and her team have been planning somethin...

There are big developments this week having to do with the quality of Michigan’s water. On the lates...

Back to school time is even more anxiety-inducing thanks to COVID-19. We’ve compiled a series of rep...

Michigan’s Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist is helping the state deal with  the coronavirus pand...

As people in Midland and surrounding counties suffer through the rebuilding process after historic f...

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel released a proposal outlining changes she would like to see in...

Former Vice President Joe Biden beat Senator Bernie Sanders Tuesday by 16 points in Michigan’s Democ...

Big announcements are coming out about Michigan’s role in the aerospace industry. Specifically the a...

The Great Lakes are now setting monthly records for high water levels, and could hit a new all-time ...

Former sports doctor Larry Nassar’s criminal case may be over, but the after effects of his rampant ...

Electric automaker Tesla settled a lawsuit with the state that will allow sales and service in Michi...

A federal ban on certain vaping products aims to keep them out of the hands of teens. But the FDA ru...

Versiti Blood Center of Michigan says the supply of blood for transfusions in our state is criticall...

On this episode of Focus, Kevin Essebaggers welcomes Andy Cole, the Executive Director of 20Fathoms ...

Kevin Essebaggers looks at the first actions of the Whitmer administration during Gretchen Whitmer’s...

What’s being done to stop Asian Carp from getting into the Great Lakes? Is it enough? Why is it impo...

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is going full-speed ahead on the state’s investigation into th...

Former U.S. Ambassador to South Africa and former President of National Public Radio Delano Lewis re...

Water quality has become a top concern for people in Michigan, and the Watershed Center has been foc...

Growing local food, teaching new skills, eating healthy, starting agribusinesses and offering a farm...

Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer has described her job as “trying to drink from a fire hose.” Kevi...

In light of an Upper Peninsula corrections officer being arrested and charged with bringing drugs an...

Why drive an electric car? Kevin Essebaggers talks with AAA Michigan about a new study that shows so...

President Donald Trump picked former Michigan House Speaker Rick Johnson to be part of a yet-to-be-f...

With no-fault auto insurance reform signed into law, how much will Michigan drivers really save? Kev...

The number of drownings in the Great Lakes spiked last year. Kevin Essebaggers is talking with the e...

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel recently took the state’s elder abuse task force on the road t...

We live among wildlife in northern Michigan. Sometimes that’s a problem. DNR wildlife biologist Vern...

A state program that protects farmland from development recently started allowing farmers to use lan...

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer has made herself available to the press several times in the last...

While everybody talks about solving the affordable housing problem in the Grand Traverse region, Hab...

Inphastos is a Traverse City startup that believes there’s a huge industry ripe for disruption. The ...

The League of Women Voters, Grand Traverse Area hosted a forum for voters to hear from all 10 candid...

As the way forward on road funding in Michigan plays games with the budget process in Lansing, a new...

On the latest episode of the Focus Podcast, Michigan’s 4th district representative in Congress, Repu...

Hunters are dealing with new rules from the Natural Resources Commission addressing the spread of Ch...

Former Michigan Governor William Milliken recently passed away at the age of 97 at his Traverse City...

The Musser family has owned and operated the iconic Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island since the 1930s. ...

For our 50th episode, we’re checking back in with Dr. Christian Peterson from Ferris State Universit...

There’s a growing chance that wherever you want to fly, you can fly there directly from Traverse Cit...

If you haven’t looked around at homes for sale in the Grand Traverse region lately, you may be surpr...

Some of the states that legalized recreational marijuana set a certain level of THC in the blood to ...

The worlds of environmental protection and military policy intersected this week with the finalizati...

Governor Whitmer signed bills on Friday, December 20 that make sports betting and online gaming lega...