Taylor Wizner
ReporterTaylor Wizner covers health, tourism and many issues that affect northern Michigan for IPR News. She joined IPR in 2019 after working at Detroit's public radio station, WDET. She is a graduate of Columbia Journalism School and the University of Michigan. When not reporting the news of the day, she enjoys spending time in northern Michigan's beautiful woods and dunes with her dog in tow.
You can send her a news tip at taylor.wizner@interlochen.org.
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Michigan politicians addressed the region's business community and shared their goals to improve affordable broadband connectivity, housing and childcare for the area.
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Northern Michigan schools are starting to get rapid COVID tests from a pilot program that launched in November.
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More northern Michigan districts are preparing contingency plans as local health officials warn the omicron variant may accelerate spread in the community.
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Grand Traverse County Sheriff’s deputies may soon be arriving at a crime scene in a military-like vehicle.
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Grand Traverse's internationally-renowned horse shows are now a big driver of tourism.
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"Jane" testified last week in Ghislaine Maxwell's trial. She alleges Maxwell and Epstein's grooming and sexual abuse has origins traced back to Interlochen's summer program.
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The lack direct care workers is causing some area facilities to close and increasing unmet needs for the elderly and ill.
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Boyne City is one northern Michigan community anxiously awaiting the result of proposed bills that would stop towns from imposing bans on vacation rentals. The area has seen an increase in short-term rentals, which some credit with worsening a housing shortage.
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William Julian played a big role in supporting the next generation of northern Michigan pilots. He was one of the victims in a plane crash on Beaver Island recently.
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A shortage of substitute teachers has forced schools to close or temporarily go remote in northern Michigan and across the state.