IPR's Maxwell Howard takes us to a powwow organized by the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. Also, an update on Beitner Rd.

Despite having no proposals on the table, over 100 people packed into a Garfield Township Planning Commission to voice their opposition to data centers.

Heavy rains last week caused highway M-88 in Antrim County to wash out. Providence Organic Farm is located between two of the washouts, but customers seem to be finding their way there just fine.

"Spark in the Dark" started in Traverse City with 50 members on Facebook. Now, tens of thousands of people are part of the support network.

Jonathan Baude is a local puzzle master whose crosswords have been published in The New York Times. Today he delivers a puzzle too tough for IPR's Ed Ronco.

We're talking tourism, tradition, farming and aerial stunts on this special edition of the Up North Lowdown.

License plate reading cameras are catching on in northern Michigan. Grand Traverse County has 28. Antrim County has eight, with the possibility of three more on the way.

For decades, people in Frankfort and Elberta have spent the Fourth of July week looking for a little medal. We talk to an organizer of the annual tradition and an enthusiast.

A new Michigan law requires some local elected officials to wait a certain amount of time before assuming office. And so far this session, it's the only election measure to receive bipartisan support in Lansing.

Ownership over a Grand Traverse County park has local residents worried about its future. Also, Ludacris cancels his performance at the Cherry Festival sighting “an unforeseen scheduling conflict.”