Did you know that Grand Rapids had been the first city in the world to have commercial electric lighting service? I had no idea of this amazing, local history! My husband, Chuck, had been walking along the Grand River last Tuesday, August 20th when he came upon a curiously large […]
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Gay Sands Beach along Lake Superior on the Keweenaw peninsula is beautiful, but looks can be deceiving. This “sand” is actually a superfund site containing copper mixed with arsenic, silver and nickel from decades of dumping mining waste. For more than a century 50 billion pounds of crushed ore had […]
The wind-o-gedden is upon the Great Lakes again. Early this morning, users of the Mackinac Bridge Authority text updates received the “Mackinac Bridge CLOSED to HIGH-PROFILE vehicles due to weather conditions” text. Those that use the Authority’s text service know this text and also know it is a bit […]
After nearly 20 years of negotiations, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has purchased the 2,103 acre Storey Lake property from absentee owners in Switzerland. According to the MDNR, the property is already open for non-motorized use and dispersed camping (following state land rules). With the 8-acre Storey lake, a [...]