ice storm

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced this week that its 10-year State Forest Management Plan will be delayed by at least a year. That's because of the widespread damage to state forest land caused by a major ice storm. The storm hit the northern Lower Peninsula in late March, damaging about 900,000 acres of state forest.

A late March ice storm hit 12 counties in northern Michigan, downing or damaging three million acres of trees. The state's largest forest, Pigeon River Country State Forest, has many closed trails, but campgrounds are open.

Northern Michigan school districts forced into extended shutdowns due to massive ice storms this past spring will have a waiver from minimum attendance mandates.

There are months of work ahead just to clear roads, an official with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources says.

The state House is poised to vote on legislation to allocate 75 million dollars toward recovery efforts following massive ice storms across northern Michigan in March.

On this edition of Stateside, a discussion on the damage caused by the ice storms in late March in Northern Michigan, along with Ingham County’s first confirmed measles case and ways to stay protected.

Budget woes hit the Detroit Downriver suburb of Ecorse, following the cougars of Michigan, upgrading the state's power grid and supply and updates on the damage caused by ice storms in the Upper Peninsula.

The governor also expanded a state of emergency declaration to add Alcona and Antrim counties as thousands are still without power.

First, we check in on consumer sentiment on the state of the economy. Then, we look into the University of Michigan's history with affirmative action to decipher its current actions.

Relief from a brutal ice storm — which left thousands without power across Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula — could be a few days off yet, according to forecasts.