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Café Louie is opening in Bay City’s historic Lumberman’s State Bank, built in 1881. The new coffee shop combines modern hospitality with the preservation of a 145-year-old Midland Street landmark.
Auburn Michigan history includes coal mines, sugar beet harvests, a hotel, saloon and shops. Rare photographs show how a Bay County farming community found industrial jobs—and what happened when fire shut down the mine.
The best Halloween outing for a young child may be a glowing forest walk, a daytime hayride or a farm maze — not a full-scale haunted house. Southeast Michigan and the Thumb offer a few choices for families, but scare levels …
Norvell took its name from one of Michigan’s first U.S. senators. Seven chapters trace its mills, railway crews, public buildings, motorized mail, altered postcards and the 1935 flood.
The 2026 election is Michigan’s first midterm to combine constitutionally guaranteed early voting, widespread automatic absentee voting, and a public Michigan early voting dashboard that tracks participation down to the local level. LANSING, Mich. — Michigan voters can now follow absentee …
The historic St. Clair Inn celebrates its 100th anniversary in November 2026 with a guided history tour, public open house and gala along the St. Clair River.
Whitmore Lake once welcomed vacationers by train, cut winter ice for shipment and hosted Michigan football camps. These seven episodes follow the hotels, swimming towers, dance halls and fires that changed the town.
DTE Energy’s Peatville Solar project advances as Michigan’s Thumb debates farmland preservation, renewable energy development and industrial data centers. SANILAC COUNTY, Mich. — Michigan regulators have approved key agreements for a proposed 185-megawatt Sanilac County solar project, advancing another major renewable …
Michigan could face a warmer, somewhat drier winter as a powerful El Niño shifts weather patterns across North America, according to a new federal outlook. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration favors above-normal temperatures across the Great Lakes from December through …
The Portuguese Way of the Camino de Santiago is now the second most popular pilgrim route after the French Way. It is shorter, greener, and, in its coastal version, far more scenic than many people expect. Here is a practical overview …
