Latest Northern Michigan Stories
By Vanessa Mccray, The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich. Jul. 10--TRAVERSE CITY -- Blisters, sunburns, slivers and scrapes -- those are the types of medical maladies that send visitors to the National Cherry Festival's first-aid tent. And, there was that one problem with the plastic top from a pop bottle. "Somebody got one of those stuck on his girlfriend's toe last year," remembered Dennis Mikko, the festival's emergency services coordinator. Fortunately for the...
By The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich. Jul. 4--INTERLOCHEN -- Jeff Haas will begin hosting a weekly radio program Sunday on Interlochen Public Radio. "Jazz Connections" will air Sundays at 6 p.m. and be rebroadcast Thursdays at 10 p.m. on IPR Music Radio, 88.7 FM. "The show is based in jazz with lots of rock, blues, R&B, classical and world music woven into the playlist," said Haas. "One show begins with Miles Davis, followed by Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Charles Mingus,...
By Margaret Parsons, The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich. Jul. 4--TRAVERSE CITY -- Juan Mateo Toler may have grown up in Flint and doesn't have any Latin heritage but he said Latin music has always been inside him. "The Latin music found me," Toler, who was born John Matthew Toler, said. "It's always been there and I've always played it, even before I knew I was playing Latin music." Toler, along with five other local musicians, started the Latin dance band Rojo Loco in February as a...
By Bill O'Brien, The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich. Jun. 27--ONEKAMA -- Green is the theme at this weekend's Michigan Energy Fair -- green as in renewable and alternative energy technology, and in saving green on energy costs. The third annual event, sponsored by the Great Lakes Renewable Energy Association, returns to the Manistee County Fairgrounds today through Sunday. More than 4,000 attended the fair last year, with more expected this weekend, organizers said. Soaring energy...
By Melissa Domsic, The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich. Jun. 25--TRAVERSE CITY -- The stretch of Boardman River that flows through downtown is sometimes overlooked, tucked between the glistening bay and bustling business district. "A lot of people say it's amazing how Traverse City kind of historically turned their back on the river," said Steve Largent of the Grand Traverse Conservation District. Local environmentalists, business owners and others who use and enjoy the river hope to...
By Sheri McWhirter, The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich. Jun. 24--VANDERBILT -- Dave Embree thinks it's about time two local campgrounds in the Pigeon River Country State Forest are reopened after lengthy closures. Embree wants campers to return and buy supplies at his store, the Village Market in Vanderbilt, a small grocery and gas station at the western entrance to the forest. "Because of where our store is -- at the gateway to the Pigeon River Country Forest -- we get huge amounts of...
By Victor Skinner, The Record-Eagle, Traverse City, Mich. Jun. 21--WELLSTON -- Log jams along the Pine River in Manistee and Wexford counties prompted the U.S. Forest Service to halt traffic on the waterway, something that could equate to thousands of dollars in lost revenue for some area businesses. At Horina Canoe and Kayak Rental, Jim Horina lost hundreds of dollars in rental money since the Forest Service suspended river permits after last week's severe weather clogged the waterway...
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. -- They aren't certain, but underwater archaeologists say they may have discovered a boulder with a prehistoric carving in Lake Michigan's Grand Traverse Bay.The granite rock has markings that resemble a mastodon - an elephant-like creature that once inhabited parts of North America - with what could be a spear in its side, say divers who have seen it.They came across the boulder at a depth of about 40 feet while searching for shipwrecks in June, said Mark Holley, a...
Elevated E. coli levels has caused a four-fold increase in Lake Michigan beach closings this year, it was reported Sunday. High temperatures, a few rainy downpours and sea gull feces may have contributed to the closings and a dozen additional advisory alerts, the Chicago Tribune reported. The most likely reason is due to the rain we've been having, said Laurel O'Sullivan, the Great Lakes campaign coordinator for the Natural Resources Defense Council. Fourteen Chicago beaches have closed...
PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) - Scientists hope to learn more about what the Great Lakes' shorelines looked like about 10,000 years ago. They explored a limestone land bridge that went from Alpena to Goderich, Ontario - a distance of about 125 miles - and an underwater forest of petrified trees in Lake Huron.The 2006 research, in which more than 500 dives were made, is the subject of a documentary film, "Great Lakes, Ancient Shores, Sinkholes." It premiered recently at the Cranbrook Institute...
