News & Fun in Michigan
Detroit is the largest city in Michigan. Known as the “Motor City” due to the prominence of auto manufacturing and other transportation industries.
Defunct Michigan automakers once filled Detroit, Lansing and Kalamazoo with factories, jobs and big promises. This feature profiles Packard, Hudson, AMC, REO, Hupmobile, Detroit Electric and Checker, and explains how each tried to stand against the Big Three before finally closing the doors.
Eminem Detroit Lions Thanksgiving halftime show partnership puts the rapper, his manager and a Super Bowl-level producer in charge of Michigan’s TV holiday. The Detroit Lions are handing their most-watched tradition to two of the city’s most famous sons. Under a …
In the waning days of the fairness doctrine, and before the cheaply produced and political “talk radio” took over the AM band, Night Flight 760 dominated the night.
In Part One of our Michigan Day Trip Around the Thumb we traveled from Port Huron up the eastern shore of Lake Huron to the tip of the Thumb. Our starting point for the second half of our adventure is in Grindstone City. We will begin heading west along Saginaw Bay’s shore of sugar sand beaches and interesting coastal towns and villages. I hope you brought your bathing suit because this side of the Thumb offers some of the best swimming beaches in Michigan.
Michigan is preparing for severe thunderstorms and an extreme heat wave starting Sunday, with temperatures exceeding 90°F and high heat index values. Rain and storms are expected through Friday before a prolonged period of heat.
A basic winter camping survival shelter can be made by hollowing out a big pile of snow that has been allowed to settle and harden.
They can take several hours to build, but are an effective way to stay warm when camping in the winter.
A quinzhee shelter is warmer than any four season tent.
Michigan is facing intensifying lake effect snow due to an approaching Arctic cold front, with forecasts predicting 6-12 inches of snow and hazardous travel conditions. Gusty winds, frigid temperatures, and marine hazards are also expected, significantly impacting various regions across the state.
Michigan is experiencing severe winter weather, including snow squalls in the Southeast and heavy lake-effect snow in the Northern regions, with up to 3 feet of snow expected in the Upper Peninsula. Conditions are hazardous for travelers, with whiteouts and low visibility. Winter Storm Warnings are in effect through the weekend.
