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John Witherspoon at the foot of his son's casket. (Photo: Austin Rowlader / IPR News)
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After a year of waiting, Charlevoix man killed in Ukraine is laid to rest
Austin Rowlader
John James Witherspoon, a member of the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, died while fighting for Ukraine on Jan. 17, 2025. It took a year for his family to receive his remains, and today he will be laid to rest.
On the right, steam rises from the DTE Energy's Fermi 2 nuclear power plant. On the left in the distance the smoke stacks of the Monroe power plant. The USEPA's proposal would make such coal burning power plants capture 90 percent of greenhouse gas emissions.
Lester Graham
Michigan officials criticize end to EPA's "Endangerment Finding"
Colin Jackson
A good old-fashioned fire melts snow which then runs down the face of a rock wall at Kona Hills Campground in Marquette. The effort is meant to provide a consistent surface for climbers who come to the U.P. looking for ice, which has been less predictable in recent winters. (Photo courtesy of Kona Hills)
(Photo courtesy of Kona Hills)
In the U.P., an attempt to improve ice climbing with ‘farm equipment and caveman fire’
Roxanne Hoorn
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