Celebrate Fall On Mackinac Island
Fall in Michigan is a special time of year. Color tours, cool days and crisp nights.
It’s what autumnal dreams are made of. But...
U.P. Bakers Take The Cake
Joe Heck of Huron Mountain Bakery (Marquette and Ishpeming) and Marybeth Kurtz of Midtown Bakery & Café (Negaunee) are still fresh off the airing...
Beyond Medals
The Enduring Spirit of Michigan’s Special Olympics Athletes
In 2000, the former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela said: “Sport has the power to change...
Championing Rural Michigan and Electric Cooperatives
U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow may be the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association’s recently minted Lifetime Achievement Award recipient, but Michigan’s senior senator didn’t start...
Making a Difference: From Leelanau to Africa
A Michigan logger makes life better in a small town a world away.
When Jim Kirt left the family farm in Leelanau County, he chose...
Use Your Own Money: How To Start Your Child On An Allowance
A teen magazine caught my daughter’s eye in the store recently. She wanted it, but not enough to spend her allowance. This is exactly...
Ready, Set, Roar
It’s hard to visit the small town of Boyne City, Michigan, and not conjure up words like “quaint” and “charming.” A town of around...
Jack Barnwell is Mackinac’s Master Gardener
Mackinac Island has been getting a facelift. It’s the kind that requires rakes and shovels, because it’s a facelift in flowers and plants. Barnwell Landscape...
Foraging For Mushroom Houses
When you turn the corner to the charming cul-de-sac and first spy the houses perched one after the other at an almost fairy-tale level—words...
Adam Nightingale: Small-Town Roots, Spartan Glory
Before the trophies and roaring Munn Ice Arena crowds, Adam Nightingale’s hockey world was a frozen pond in Cheboygan, Michigan. Skates laced tight, cheeks...













