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A food co-op opening in Detroit, the best advice on resilience, the mystery behind the SS Arlington, and election year analysis of the issues facing and enthusiasm of Black voters from a longtime Detroit journalist.
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A scientific study called off for the first time in decades due to a lack of ice, a tribute to the late guitarist and co-founder of MC5, and a historian of the Burt Lake Band in the U.P. documents the first people, the culture on Burt Lake and the white men who destroyed their village.
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High volumes of nickel in the Lake Superior region, a Clements Library exhibition deconstructing how Native Americans have been photographed throughout history, and a legendary street racing car.
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Two teachers shared their story of seeking an abortion after a devastating diagnosis. We also heard about an artist-led affordable housing project in Grand Rapids. Plus, we got an update on a Lake Superior rescue mission.
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Abortion and the economy are at the top of voters' minds, but how might environmental policies shape votes? Plus, a look at what we can learn from the nation’s most powerful laser. And, a dramatic rescue attempt in the frigid waters of Lake Superior.
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The Gull Rock Lighthouse sits on a small, remote island just off the tip of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula in Lake Superior. Between 1872 and 1903, a series of three women lived and worked as assistant lighthouse keepers there. Michigan Radio talked to the great-great grandson of one of those women.
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A 172 foot barge, the Atlanta, was recently found 35 miles off the coast of Michigan under 650 feet of water in Lake Superior.
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The federal infrastructure bill promises Michigan a once-in-a-generation opportunity to fix our built environment—if leaders can rise to the occasion. Also, what the influx of federal money can do for Great Lakes cleanup efforts. Plus, exploring the many shipwrecks of mighty Lake Superior.
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Bruce Lynn of the Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society talks their three recent discoveries of ships from the 19th century.
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On a calm morning in late summer 2019, Jim Bailey was kayaking on Lake Superior near Thunder Bay, Ontario, when he found himself paddling through thick…