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South Haven is restarting its lifeguard program following 19 drownings in Lake Michigan so far this summer. Also, a beloved Ann Arbor garden center is closing after more than 100 years of business. Then, a look back at Detroit's mayoral runs.

West Michigan is home to the largest system of dunes anywhere in the world. Scientists are still unlocking the dunes' secrets.

Representatives for Michigan State University’s largest union say recent layoffs are a violation of contract agreements. Then, how an Indigenous tribe is addressing whitefish’s decline. And, leaders from two smaller Michigan NPR affiliates discuss threats to federal funding that their stations need.

Whitefish populations in the lower Great Lakes have been declining for decades. Bridge Michigan environment reporter Kelly House joined Stateside to discuss what’s threatening the iconic fish, and what could be done to save them.

Whitefish have survived and fed Michiganders for centuries. It's synonymous with Great Lakes food and Great Lakes living. But things have taken a bittersweet tone as the whitefish near collapse.

A cultural icon for Native Americans and a popular fish across the Great Lakes region is becoming harder to find as its population declines due to invasive mussels, which filter out the bottom of the food web.

Today, Michigan Department of Health and Human Services director Elizabeth Hertel talks about Michigan’s Child Protective Services progress under federal oversight. Then, a 1950s “shark attack” in Lake Michigan. Plus, the Kresge Foundation’s president and CEO Rip Rapson discusses the foundation’s ongoing mission and its 100th anniversary.

The heat waves and other challenges that test the way neighbors show up for each other. Also, the city of Muskegon rethinks its waterfront for Great Lakes Cruisers. Plus, a DIY comic book series telling stories of queer black icons. And we take a trip to the Motown Museum.

What climate change is doing to Michigan's allergy season, two scientists team up to find ways to help kids living with autism sharpen their social skills, and the Great Lakes sailing adventure that changed writer Jerry Dennis’ life.

An update on James Crumbley's trial, a cookbook with Chinese-American recipes from a third-culture kitchen, and a trip to Beaver Island.