Maxwell Howard
ReporterMaxwell Howard joined IPR as a full-time reporter in September 2025, but his voice is well known to listeners.
Howard has been a longtime freelance contributor to IPR on a range of topics, including an in-depth look at the challenges facing the Grand Traverse County Jail, the exploration of forgotten ghost towns in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, and profiles of local artists like Harold Kranick — a Charlie Chaplin impersonator who met Chaplin’s daughter while in costume.
When he’s not working, Maxwell is probably making kombucha, playing with his kids, or thinking about what to make for dinner.
Story idea and tips can be be sent to maxwell.howard@interlochen.org.
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A regional plan to combine the Goodwill Inn and Safe Harbor homeless shelters is facing opposition from Garfield Township, where officials say the community already bears an unequal burden of homelessness services. -
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. -
Traverse City commissioners approved the measure on a 4-3 vote, after passionate public comment across two meetings. The ordinance follows growing complaints about safety in a park along Boardman Lake. -
The ACLU of Michigan is urging Traverse City to reject proposed prowling and trespassing ordinances, citing concerns over police discretion and constitutional rights. -
Candidates in northern Michigan’s 103rd House District offer different approaches to housing costs, access to rural health care and the proposed Line 5 tunnel. -
Traverse City commissioners approved a prowling ordinance after a heated public debate over safety, homelessness and police enforcement at Hull Park. -
Renewed interest in the ordinance comes as Traverse City Police recently stepped up enforcement at Hull Park following mounting safety complaints. -
Following recent incidents, including an alleged assault, Traverse City police say they are stepping up enforcement at Hull Park, targeting drinking, smoking and sleeping. -
A new federal lawsuit alleges Interlochen Center for the Arts failed to protect a 14-year-old student from alleged sexual harassment and assault by other students and a teacher during the 2024-25 school year. Interlochen denies the allegations. -
House candidate Edwin Dean says marijuana from 2021 arrest was his cousin’s. Records raise questionsMichigan House candidate Edwin Dean was arrested in Pennsylvania in 2021 after troopers found marijuana, marijuana wax and a grow tent in his vehicle. He later pleaded guilty to drug-related charges.
