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Two years ago, homelessness advocates in northern Michigan made a longstanding ideal a reality. We check in on the East Bay Flats, where all 64 apartments are for people experiencing homelessness. IPR’s Maxwell Howard visited the Flats to see how the ideal is actually working in practice.

Connor Miller should be considered a special kind of storyteller. That's because as the on-field voice of the Traverse City Pit Spitters, Connor makes sure a good time is had by all – regardless of the outcome of the game.

After starting last week, the Traverse City Pit Spitters season has been put on hold. The same goes for the newly created Great Lakes Resorters and…

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, baseball is coming back to northern Michigan this summer. On Monday the Traverse City Pit Spitters announced the…

This week on Points North, hear how Michigan hops farmers are struggling to keep up with the craft beer boom. Plus, a look ahead on the future of the…

It’s going to be hard to top the season that the Traverse City Pit Spitters had in 2019. Besides winning the Northwoods League title, the team set a new…

This spring, a lot of fanfare accompanied the announcement the Pit Spitters baseball team was coming to Traverse City.Billboards went up declaring, “New…

In the first episode of Points North, a teen parenting program called "Generations Ahead" in Grand Traverse County expands to include dads. It helps…

The new baseball team in Traverse City has a name. The 'Pit Spitters' was the name chosen from over four-thousand fan suggestions, including Dogmen and…

After 13 seasons in Traverse City, the Beach Bums are out. A group of investors led by the West Michigan Whitecaps announced the purchase of Wuerfel Park…