Claire Keenan-Kurgan
News ReporterClaire joined Interlochen Public Radio in summer 2024. She covers general assignment news with a focus on labor, growth, and the economy of northern Michigan. Before arriving at IPR, she interned for WBEZ’s data journalism team in Chicago and for the investigative unit of American Public Media.
She studied sociology and global studies at the University of Chicago and she speaks Spanish. Contact her at claire.keenan-kurgan@interlochen.org.
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The idea is in very early stages, but the proposal is to build a data center, a power plant, and a carbon capture system to store carbon emissions from the power plant underground. -
Most agreed that the biggest barriers to growth were a lack of working-age people and the cost of housing for employees. -
The decision comes after years of outcry from some farmers that the cost of labor, transportation and housing for H-2A workers was making it impossible to break even. -
The Traverse City Police Department has been using two solar-powered surveillance cameras on mobile trailers. -
Indigenous Michiganders can compete for thousands of dollars of funding for a startup idea. -
Jacob Elsenheimer serving up classics like ribs, fried fish and chili — and some more specialty items, like scallops, falafel, Korean rice bowls and walleye. -
No ski lift — but instead, hiking, biking and cross country ski trails, and views of the whole peninsula and Lake Michigan. -
Sheriff’s deputies along a stretch of I-75 near Grayling can now access ICE data and check legal residency documents. -
The state’s highest court will reconsider the Michigan Court of Appeals’ decision in favor of the permit back in February. -
A geologist running a carbon capture company has been working with local officials to develop a plan to build a data center that would combine data storage, power generation and carbon sequestration all in one place.
