Isiah Smith was astonished when an author shared some of his research — a bill of sale that enslaved Smith's great grandfather, just a boy at the time.

The Father Fred Foundation food pantry in Grand Traverse County served 47,000 people last year. That's in a county of just over 90,000 people.

Northern Michigan wineries are leaning on hybrid grape varieties to withstand less predictable winters and other obstacles brought on by climate change.

We're talking about representation — from a state senate district up for grabs today, to a new podcast highlighting the musical contributions made by Asian Americans, Pacific Islander Americans and Native Hawaiians who all have links to Interlochen.

What does the Constitution actually say? Come with us to a bar in Bellaire where people are writing it out.

Ed Ronco and the Up North Lowdown posted up at Right Brain Brewing in Traverse City. A perfect place for morning radio. We'll talk with the mayor. We'll listen to a sunrise.

Julie Cordier keeps a binder filled with notes on each person’s name, some details about them, and how often she’s seen them. She guesses she's visited between 15 and 20 detainees at the North Lake Processing Center.

Michigan dams were not built for climate change. Several recent close calls have renewed a push for dam upgrades, maintenance and even removal.

Christian clergy in northern Michigan and around the state are holding a 'solidarity fast' with a Traverse City man detained by ICE and on hunger strike at the North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin.

Northern Michigan needs a facility to help people with mental health issues. That's the recommendation of a Michigan House report. The region has a severe lack of psychiatric hospital beds.