IPR Morning Edition

The fall equinox arrives today. On the Lowdown, we hear from political candidates and officeholders weighing in on affordable housing, hate speech, rising healthcare costs, and more. Also, hope rises for lake sturgeon with a recent hatchery release on the Boardman-Ottaway River.

A toxic underground chemical plume is making its way through parts of Antrim County. We'll get an update on that, as well as the fighter jet crash and fall seed saving techniques.

We'll get the latest on the F-16 fighter jet that crashed in Grand Traverse County Thursday.

A million people might go through TVC this year. The airport was built for 350,000. We'll take you on a behind the scenes look at the expansion project.

Gaps in Michigan’s air quality monitoring network, particularly in rural areas of northern Michigan, mean many don’t have accurate information about air quality. In the Lower Peninsula, the northernmost monitoring station is in Frankfort.

The group Youth for Christ is suing Leland Township, which denied its permit to hold ministry activities at a building in downtown Leland. Journalist Jacob Wheeler, with the Glen Arbor Sun, says the case has all the hallmarks of something destined for the U.S. Supreme Court.

A Bellaire resident is making another attempt to recall the Antrim County clerk. The League of Women Voters wants you to know about tax proposals. And what's up with the possible sale of a baker's dozen dams in Michigan?

Ten people from the Transom Story Workshop have been at IPR for a week, gathering stories from throughout northern Michigan. They'll present those stories on Saturday in Traverse City. We talk about they've learned.

Michigan Department of Corrections inmate Dylan Leenheer alleges his prisoner temporary ID was doctored to make it appear he was wearing stereotypical depictions of Native American garb.

Months after historic flooding washed out roads and bridges across northern Michigan, at least one school district is feeling the pain. The Kaleva Norman Dickson School District says buses have much longer routes and some students have transferred out to avoid the long drive.