“What the little ice devils pull down in Lake Superior never comes up again.”

A Republican-led state House special committee opened hearings Tuesday on scaling back parts of an initiative to increase the state minimum wage and guarantee workers paid sick leave.

A panel of judges in Lansing heard arguments Tuesday morning concerning a state permit that’s necessary for the proposed Line 5 tunnel in the Mackinac Straits.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer toured the Detroit Auto Show Wednesday and delivered an address to industry leaders about her economic plans for 2025.

The Botanic Garden at Historic Barns Park has been open for 10 years. One of its founders says they've got designs on the next century.

One scientist thinks lake whitefish could disappear from certain parts of the Great Lakes within the next five years.

A U.S. subsidiary of the Swedish defense company announced the project last year which has stirred debate between residents and officials with some calling for additional review.

One calm September day, Big Abe LeBlanc set his fishing net in Lake Superior. Then he called law enforcement and turned himself in. What happened next changed fishing in the Great Lakes forever.

After more than a century, tribes will reintroduce the fish to three northern Michigan rivers later this year.

This week on the Up North Lowdown ... a walk through the garden. Yes, it is the dead of winter, but we are going to hear a little history of the Botanic Garden and a little more about its past and future at the Historic Barns Park. We will also dive into the question of Michigan’s state bird. Is the robin cutting it for us anymore? Your thoughts … in the latest episode of the Up North Lowdown, from Interlochen Public Radio. Listen at iprnews.org or wherever you get your podcasts.Stories featured this episode:- IPR's 'State Bird CAWcus'- A few moments in Traverse City's Botanic Garden, despite the snow