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17/07/2024

Something cool is happening on the beach along Lake Michigan in Ludington this evening. Grand Valley State University's Annis Water Resources Institute will demonstrate its BeBot to clean up the beach.

Annis Water Resources Institute research Professor Alan Steinman says some 20 million pounds of plastic could be entering the Great Lakes every year, the source of drinking water for 40 million Americans and Canadians. He says fish are eating micro-plastics, which can kill them. He says the real solution is to reduce the use of single use plastics.

18/01/2024

There's a lot of excitement building for Sunday's Detroit Lions-Tampa Bay Buccaneers divisional playoff game at Ford Field . Super Lions fan Karen Todd, of west Michigan, is a season ticket holder and has her house decorated inside and out for the Lions.
Todd says those decorations aren't coming down until the season is over. She believes the Lions will go all the way this year.
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10/04/2023

As the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians gets 150,000 hunting permits a year, the Hiawatha National Forest is important to the tribe. It has just signed a ten year agreement to co-manage the forest in the U-P.

Tribe wildlife program manager , Eric Clark, says through the Tribal Forest Protection Act , the tribe seeks to protect remnant boreal forest ecosystems that include more than 900-thousand acres in the forest in the U-P. He says some species are vulnerable to climate change. (photo credit-Sioux Tribe natural resources department) Michigan News Network

09/08/2022

There's a new baby red panda at the Potter Park Zoo. Red pandas are endangered, so it's a big deal and there's a lot of excitement at the zoo. Zoo carnivore & primate lead keeper, Annie Marcum, says they now have four red pandas, the cub's mom & dad and big sister. She says the cub won't be on display to the public until late October or November because it's spending time in a nesting box with his Mom. (video credit-Potter Park Zoo) Michigan News Network

03/05/2022

If you're looking for a pet for your home, the Bissell Pet Foundation is funding Empty The Shelters over the next two weeks. 45 shelters in Michigan are involved. Bissell Pet Foundation founder Cathy Bissell says the need is great.
Bissell says shelters are more full because of vet and staff shortages and not as many people adopting lately. She says you can adopt a pet through Empty the Shelters for $25 dollars or less through May 15th. More information at Bissellpetfoundation.org
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29/04/2022

A 35-year-old former Marine is going to hike around Lake Michigan for the fourth year in a row. Travis Snyder of Holland, will walk 900 miles starting this Sunday around the lake, into the U-P, to Green Bay, and Chicago to raise money and awareness about veteran su***de and mental health.

Snyder, who served in Afghanistan, says he and his Marine brothers lost one of their own to su***de in 2019 and he's taken it upon himself to advocate for veteran mental health. His walk should take eight weeks.

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20/04/2022

A duck , who lost both legs to frostbite in the Upper Peninsula, may get some new prosthetic legs thanks to a man who took in the mallard duck. Rob Saari, retired from the military in Wakefield in the western U-P and is known as "Duckman". He took in the duck he now calls Lil' Bomber.

Saari has been raising money to get the duck prosthetic legs with a 3-D printer and raised about 13-hundred dollars so far. He cares for at least 30 ducks.....something he says gave him purpose after he got a medical discharge from the Army some years ago.

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Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel opens Sunday

As more and more businesses open in Michigan, the vice president of Travel Michigan, Dave Lorenz, wants to see you spend some vacation time in Michigan. That's as he says the coronavirus pandemic is cutting tourism in half in Michigan ...to about $13 Billion dollars.

Meantime, the Grand Hotel will open on Mackinac Island on Sunday. Ken Hayward , managing director of the hotel, says they can't wait to welcome guests. He says they are doing extra cleaning and social distancing at the hotel because of COVID-19.