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Up North Lowdown

Sovereignty, summer and spelling

By Ed Ronco,
Max Copeland
Published March 9, 2024 at 6:00 AM EST
Top: A car drives past a construction barrel along East Front Street in Traverse City on Thursday afternoon. Orange barrels are staged along the side of the road, ready for detours and roadwork to begin March 10. (Photo: Ed Ronco/IPR News) Bottom: A view of Enbridge's Line 5 pumping station near Mackinaw City on the south side of the Straits of Mackinac. (File photo: Lester Graham/Michigan Public)
Top: A car drives past a construction barrel along East Front Street in Traverse City on Thursday afternoon. Orange barrels are staged along the side of the road, ready for detours and roadwork to begin March 10. (Photo: Ed Ronco/IPR News)
Bottom: A view of Enbridge's Line 5 pumping station near Mackinaw City on the south side of the Straits of Mackinac. (File photo: Lester Graham/Michigan Public)

This week: Michigan tribes say a federal lawsuit out of Wisconsin could affect their sovereignty, summer roadwork already getting started in Traverse City, and Kate Botello takes us to the spelling bee.

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Ed Ronco
Ed Ronco is IPR's news director.
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Max Copeland
Max Copeland was the local weekday host of All Things Considered on Interlochen Public Radio and the producer of The Up North Lowdown, IPR’s weekly news podcast.
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