local businesses

Blake’s Orchard and Cider Mill in Armada, Michigan hosted a Strawberry Festival on June 20 and 21, 2026, with an outdoor market, strawberry-themed menu items, jam making workshop, and berry picking in the field.

The mix of a low-vaccination season with the worst flu season in years. Then, how Michigan ignored and subverted federal law. Plus, the case of missing chicken wings.

Today, the impacts of increasing minimum wage on business owners. Then, the story of a citizen and veteran assumed immigrant and threatened with deportation. Plus, a visit to the Auto Show.

Confections with Convictions is a chocolate shop that does a whole lot more than sell sweets. They employ young people who have been entangled with the justice system.

Owner Hatem Al-Eidaroos wanted Qamaria to be a new place for people, specifically Yemini-Americans and other Arab-Americans, to sit and enjoy each other's company as another extension of the home environment.

How the SCOTUS affirmative action decision might further impact our schools, a visit to Washtenaw Dairy, a new Flint Lawsuit, and bird migration.

We take a trip to The Bomber Restaurant in Ypsilanti, where they serve breakfast and lunch staples amidst a sea of World War II memorabilia.

Novi is looking to revamp their downtown. They think this mixed-used development could be the answer.

Remember video rental stores? We went to one of the last ones in Michigan.

Blockbuster and Family Video have closed up shop. But there are still a few video rentals that exist in Michigan. We went to one of them.