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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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.
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During a Antrim County Board of Commissioners meeting on last Thursday, on Jan. 18, the board’s chairman, Terry VanAlstine, removed Rubingh from his role and replaced him with himself.
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Cheboygan County’s Black River Ranch and Doe Lake were listed among 53 other properties recommended for purchase by the Natural Resources Trust Fund Board.
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The airport was closed Saturday and Wednesday while all flights were canceled Tuesday.
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The building will fill nearly eight acres of land in the Gaylord Industrial Park located about a mile west of I-75.