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Michigan’s Department of Natural Resources explains why so many deer are dying in southeast Michigan. An archivist with the state discusses how the opening of the Erie Canal kick-started Michigan’s population growth. And, an interview with jazz legend Herbie Hancock.

First, what to know about all those data centers proposed in Washtenaw County and beyond. Then, our 2025 intern cohort shares their project about deer overpopulation in Michigan. And, the College For Creative Studies in Detroit launches a new fashion management program.

Chronic wasting disease, a fatal neurological ailment, kills deer. It's been slowly spreading through Michigan. Washtenaw County is the 15th county where the disease has been detected in deer.

We check in on how the 2024 deer hunting season is going, and what it means to those who still find time in the woods to do it. Also, carving out a place for Detroit as design students to launch into fashion.We’ll remember Michigan’s first Native American state legislator. And sorting through the avalanche of unknown heritage apple varieties in Northwest Michigan.

Vehicle crashes involving deer have risen above pre-pandemic levels with Michigan averaging more than 360 each day in November, according to state police.

Game managers say there are too many deer in parts of the state’s Lower Peninsula. The Michigan Natural Resources Commission has added days to the deer hunting season.

State submits bid for federal "hot spot" wildlife crossing funding to reduce wildlife/car collisions

A new rule change would put some deer off-limits during an early hunting season reserved for youths and people with disabilities.

A recent study in partnership with Michigan State University showed machine learning could calculate where chronic wasting disease could spread at the county level.

A two-decade trend of a declining number of hunters has resulted in rising deer populations in the Lower Peninsula.