Lauren Talley

The Gull Rock Lighthouse sits on a small, remote island just off the tip of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula in Lake Superior. Between 1872 and 1903, a series of three women lived and worked as assistant lighthouse keepers there. Michigan Radio talked to the great-great grandson of one of those women.

Detroit Free Press state government reporter Paul Egan joined Michigan Radio's Doug Tribou to talk about the latest shake up in the Republican race for governor.

Michigan Bureau of Elections staff have recommended that half of the Republican candidates for governor be kept off the fall primary ballot, citing widespread problems with invalid, and sometimes fraudulent signatures. Now, the bipartisan Michigan Board of State Canvassers will determine which candidates are certified for the ballot.

During World War II, at many of of the Nazis’ death camps in Germany and Poland, musicians were forced to perform in prisoner orchestras. They arranged songs to suit the instruments they had available. Now, musicians from the University of Michigan are performing 10 of those songs in the way they would have been performed at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is waiting to find out whether the Michigan Supreme Court will hear her challenge to Michigan's dormant abortion law that would take effect if Roe v. Wade is overturned. The governor has asked the state Supreme Court to bypass lower courts and declare that Michigan's 1931 law violates the state constitution.

Since the war in Ukraine began, more than 850,000 Ukrainians have fled into Romania. Mihaela Mitrofan works for Samaritas, a refugee aid organization in Michigan, but she is now in Romania to help with resettlement efforts there and to deliver supplies into Ukraine.

As part of our Mornings in Michigan series, see how a former Sears parking lot is transformed into a community-wide get together that lasts into the wee hours of the morning.

Consumers Energy is increasing its rate for afternoon electricity use by 50%.