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Michigan's Upper Peninsula might not be the first spot you think of when someone says "volcano," but maybe it should be! Around 1.1 billion years ago, a rift volcano started producing massive amounts of lava in the region. That volcano (with the help of some glaciers around 10,000 years ago) formed some of the Upper Peninsula's most iconic landscapes — including Lake Superior!
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Six of 33 people treated for contamination have been hospitalized at Munson Medical Center after the plane crash landed in Grand Traverse County Thursday.
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The Federal Trade Commission, Amway, and two Amway affiliates will settle a lawsuit alleging the companies misled people about how much money they could make buying and reselling Amway products.
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About 80 farmers in Michigan's thumb region will be enrolled in a pilot project designed to recognize the lower crop loss risk associated with fields managed with regenerative farming techniques.
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Exploring what federal rollbacks in power plant emission limits will mean for climate change in the coming decades. Also, The Dish takes a long weekend Up North with some of Traverse City's top chefs. And, writer Lillian Li on her smash novel Bad Asians, which imagines a group of high-achievers coming of age in the Great Recession.
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Crumbley was 15 year old when he gunned down four of his fellow students at Oxford High School in 2021.He entered guilty pleas to 24 criminal counts.
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The U.S. Supreme Court rejected President Donald Trump's mail-in ballots executive order. But, Conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh left open the possibility of implementation in the future. What does that mean?
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Block Communications, which has held The Blade since 1925, reached the “extremely difficult decision” due to financial considerations, president and chief operating officer Jodi Miehls informed staff, as reported by the paper.
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Michigan Public's John U. Bacon looks at the NCAA announcement about Michigan football's win over Western Michigan, and previews Week Three for the Wolverines and Spartans.
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Auchter: "I'm sure Mike Rogers would be happy to describe the GOP as "the party that abhors the government picking winners and losers," but the Trump administration has taken unprecedented opportunity for his government (and his own interests) to grab ownership stakes of private enterprises."
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While campaigning for the politically purple 7th Congressional District, Lansing-area political organizer and Democratic nominee William Lawrence has made his opposition to data centers a key facet of his campaign. On Thursday, Lawrence took that call further, rolling out a plan to “Stop Tech Overreach.” The plan expands on his promises to push for a federal moratorium on data center development to establish proper guardrails.
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A heavily redacted email from last year, reported first by NPR, reveals that DHS personnel shared a list of jurisdictions that offer election materials in non-English languages. It's unclear why.
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State and federal gas taxes add about 70 cents a gallon to the cost of gas in Michigan. According to AAA Michigan, the price of a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline topped $4.75 on Thursday.
The Dish, hosted by Mercedes Mejia, brings you behind the scenes with Michigan’s most inspiring chefs and culinary talents. Learn how food connects these chefs to their cultures, and strengthens our communities, one dish at a time.
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State energy regulators have given the green light to a DTE Energy pilot project to study how homeowners use their stored home battery electricity.
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An F-16 fighter jet from Texas crashed in rural Michigan during a routine training exercise. The pilot ejected safely and received medical treatment at a local hospital.
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The Blade, one of the region’s oldest, most storied newspapers is up for sale. A former Blade reporter talks about the decline of the paper, and his experiences with owners at Block Communications.
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Opponents are challenging a $50 million grant that Michigan awarded to a Canadian company for a copper mine in the Upper Peninsula.
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The U.S. Department of Justice sent a letter on Monday, threatening litigation if Ann Arbor Public Schools does not alter its policy on trans student privacy. The DOJ says the policy violates parental rights.
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Former Vice President Kamala Harris plans to visit Michigan next week to campaign with Abdul El-Sayed, the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate.
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The poll of 800 likely Michigan voters found 74.4% believe the system is fair and accurate. However, that’s down from 79.4% in 2025.
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Yellowjackets are out in full force in Michigan in late summer and fall, and they love when we wear bright colors and perfume, and serve them sugary drinks and hamburgers.
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Middle and high schoolers in Detroit will get the chance to earn gift cards for perfect attendance. The district says the program is helping them fight chronic absenteeism.
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With absentee ballots set to go out next week, the chairs of the Michigan Democratic and Republican Parties join It’s Just Politics to discuss the midterm election, and what’s worrying them the most.
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Michigan Public News Director Vincent Duffy is pleased to announce that Brian Manzullo has joined Michigan Public as the station’s inaugural managing editor of multiplatform news strategy.
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State police removed nearly half the people from Michigan's sex offender registry on Friday, following a ruling from the Michigan Supreme Court that found it unconstitutional to include those who were added to the list before amendments to the law were made in 2011.
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Nitrous oxide has medical and culinary uses. But is also marketed for recreational use in grocery stores, smoke shops, vape stores, gas stations, convenience stores and online.
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Senator Gary Peters says the Trump administration's efforts to change the rules around mail-in voting are a reason to stay vigilant, even after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the new restrictions.
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“Our job I think is to double down on American research, design, and manufacturing. Double down on the power of union auto shops," said Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.