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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The county is set to receive over $1.5 million over the next two decades. -
The Republican congressman says a visit from the president would bring national attention to the disaster and encourage first responders. -
The governor also expanded a state of emergency declaration to add Alcona and Antrim counties as thousands are still without power. -
Utility crews continue trying to repair outages ahead of more precipitation in northern Michigan, already battered by a damaging ice storm. -
Officials are urging the public to stay home and off the roads as a historic ice storm batters the region. But some communities have set up warming stations for people who need electricity. -
Relief from a brutal ice storm — which left thousands without power across Michigan's northern Lower Peninsula — could be a few days off yet, according to forecasts. -
The complaint says the proposed expansion will, “result in various pollutants raining down on the headwaters of the Au Sable, one of the most famous trout streams in the United States.” -
As millions of dollars flow to Michigan communities from opioid distributors, some up-north counties are electing to wait to start spending. -
Each Monday on Morning Edition, an IPR journalist brings you up to speed on what’s going on in northern Michigan, and what IPR is working on this week. -
Ever walked by some newspaper boxes and noticed some aren’t filled with papers, but medicine? Chances are that medicine can help reverse an opioid overdose.
