Michael Livingston
Rural Life ReporterMichael Livingston reports for IPR from the tip-of-the-mitt – mainly covering Cheboygan, Charlevoix, Emmet and Otsego counties.
His position is a partnership with Report for America, a national service project that helps staff newsrooms across the country. His stories also appear in the Traverse City Record-Eagle.
A recent graduate from Central Michigan University where he earned a degree in journalism and international relations, Michael brings experience in both print and broadcast reporting.
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Officials with both the Cherry Festival and the airport say the annual air show must go on and would like to avoid settling disputes in court - but they have yet to agree on how.
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The first phase of work starts Sunday along U.S. 31, from Garfield Avenue to just east of the city’s downtown area, where the road bends and becomes Grandview Parkway.
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In the mid-1900’s, a man moves to northern Michigan to escape the hustle and bustle of city life. He starts having religious visions and builds big stone monuments to commemorate them. That’s where the story starts to get twisted.
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Healthcare and education were among the many topics of discussion brought up by community leaders.
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Last June, during a guest lecture event in Petoskey featuring an Enbridge Energy spokesman, a melee broke out between the North Central Michigan College staff and a group of protesters.
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The Health Department of Northwest Michigan continues to defend itself in three lawsuits stemming from mask mandates and restrictions on large gatherings.
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The agreement between North Central Michigan College and Davenport University will allow students pursuing an associate degree from NCMC to transition to a bachelor of science in nursing from Davenport.
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In 1900, a group of men including a sheriff and a land speculator torched a peaceful Native American settlement, leaving about 25 families homeless. A new book, documents those first people and legal battles that took place around the burn-out.
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Warm waters in the Pacific Ocean have countered what would normally be frigid temperatures in northern Michigan at this time of year.
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The nonprofit Michigan Community Capital is hoping to see two proposals become a reality in Charlevoix County's biggest municipality.