Austin Rowlader

Voters in Leelanau County Tuesday elected Kristy Anne Burns as their drain commissioner. It's a public office you may have heard of — but you might not know what the job entails, or just how powerful it can be.

Michigan voters went to the polls to decide on candidates for governor, U.S. Senate, U.S. House and many other local races. IPR has the results.

Antrim County’s second-highest elections officer submitted her resignation last Thursday. Deputy Clerk Annette Marcus had assumed many of the election-related duties of the county clerk’s office, after elected clerk Victoria Bishop was barred from certain functions by the state.

With folks heading to the polls tomorrow, we wanted to give a primer on what to expect.

A record number of bats have entered people’s homes in northern Michigan this year. Austin Rowlader brings us this story, based on first-hand experience.

Republican Kim Cole faces Democrat Rebecca Amidon. Neither have run for state office before.

Incumbent John Roth, R-Interlochen, is up against Democrat Mitch Distin and Libertarian Alexander Jarvis for the 104th state House District.

Audio from the F-16 crash in Grawn reveals details about what may have brought down the plane and just how quickly the pilot was forced to eject. And for context, we hear from another fighter pilot who survived a crash by pulling the ejection handle.

A document obtained by IPR shows Antrim County Clerk Victoria Bishop made more than a hundred unauthorized changes to the Qualified Voter File, including canceling 58 voter registrations.

After two failed attempts, Bellaire resident Ashley Areeda is submitting four petitions at once, seeking to gather signatures to recall Antrim County Clerk Victoria Bishop.