It still feels like winter in much of Michigan, but something is quietly happening in the woods across the state. March is known as maple sugaring season because of the natural freeze-thaw cycle that occurs between the late winter and early spring.
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Are Michigan fish smaller today? A study led by the University of Michigan showed that fish in the state are smaller today than they were in 1945.
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"squadxoxo is a website that creates friend groups in a few steps. The second-year UM Ross School of Business students designed it so that students from different UM schools but with similar interests can form new connections."
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High school students from across Michigan will compete Saturday, March 14th, in the Poetry Out Loud State Finals at CMU in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Students will compete for a $1,000 cash award and the chance to advance to the national championship in Washington, D.C.
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It's so cold that I have to take half a Viagra so I won't pee on my shoes.
Drink green beer on St Patricks Day! It counts as a vegetable
At sunrise on the state park beach in Holland, Michigan it's foggy, wet and warm. The air is 54°F, 12°C and the water is 38°F, 3°C. Warm, clouds and rain today with a high temperatures reaching 60°F, 15°C. The wind will be westerly.
It's the 50th anniversary of the Michigan Natural Resources Trust Fund, which has been enshrined for permanent protection within Michigan’s Constitution since 1976. Funding is from interest earnings on royalties from state-owned oil, gas and mineral leases.
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Clocks across Michigan will spring forward again this weekend, despite efforts by some lawmakers to end the twice-a-year time change.
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The number one cause of death is too many birthdays.
You put the lime in the coconut and call me in the morning...
At sunrise on the state park beach in Holland, Michigan it's wet, foggy, and warm. The air is 42°F, 6°C and the water is 34°F, 1°C. Unusually warm, cloudy and rainy today with a high temperatures reaching 60-70°F, 15-20°C. Chance of rain is 80-90%.
At sunrise on the state park beach in Holland, Michigan it's foggy, hazy and damp. The air is 41°F, 5°C and the water is 34°F, 1°C. Today will be mostly cloudy, with a high near 50°F, 10°C. There's a chance of rain later in the afternoon with an east wind.
This is the story of the Great Michigan Pizza Funeral of 1973, also known as the Great Pizza Burial.
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Compared to the long-term average water level for today, all of the Great Lakes are lower than average. Lakes Michigan and Huron are at 11 inches below normal. Lake Erie is seven inches below normal. Lake Superior is four inches below normal. Lake Ontario is three below
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Michigan’s Watermark Brewing earned the coveted first place and Sutton Bay’s Hop Lot took second place.
To celebrate the national recognition, Watermark Brewing Co. will host a Best Beer Garden Celebration on Friday, April 10, featuring $1 beer and hot dogs for guests.
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When that red red robin comes bob bob bobbin along, along...
Why did the soccer ball quit the team? It was tired of being kicked around.
The Southeast Asian Foodways Symposium is set for April 10-11 in Kalamazoo and is free to attend. Featuring cooking demonstrations, classes, hands-on activities, community conversations, kids activities, local area vendors and, of course, food.
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How much did counties earn in state marijuana tax revenue? Michigan is distributing $47 million across 74 counties based on how many licensed recreational marijuana retailers they had in the previous fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2025. See how much your county earned
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Two Native American leaders are joining the Western Michigan University campus community. Robin Greymountain, of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewas, and Shannon Martin, of the Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi, are the University’s first elders in residence.
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At sunrise on the state park beach in Holland, Michigan it's calm, hazy and cold. The air is 24°F, -4°C and the water is 32°F, 0°C. It will be hard not to wear shorts today. Foggy to start then mostly sunny with a high in the lower 50s F, 10s C. Cheers!
Shoppers at The Market Place antique store in East Durham, New York earlier in February turned up a rare find while shopping. Tucked in next to a chicken shaped cookie jar was a live eastern screech owl sleeping peacefully on the shelf.
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Padma Lakshmi (formerly of Top Chef) is back in the kitchen with a new high stakes cooking competition, ‘America’s Culinary Cup’. The new show airs on CBS and streams on Paramount+ after “Survivor” on Wednesdays. The show features TV's largest cash prize — $1 million.
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I always wanted to learn to procrastinate... just never got around to it.
At sunrise on the state park beach in Holland, Michigan it's calm, cloudy and cold. The air is 27°F, -3°C and the water is 32°F, 0°C. Look for cloudy skies today, with a small chance of mixed precipitation, and a high near 40°F, 4°C.
Do we have cougars on Michigan's Old Mission Peninsula? We know there are bobcats and coyotes and bears, oh my, but what about those big cats with the long tails – cougars, a.k.a. mountain lions, pumas or panthers?
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Algoma Central Corporation of St. Catharines, Ontario, is buying Mainstay Maritime's three Canadian operating companies and their fleet of six Canadian-flagged lake freighters: the Kaministiqua, Manitoulin, Robert S. Pierson, Saginaw, Michipicoten, and Valo.
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