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The aurora borealis was visible over northern Michigan last night. One church outside Traverse City offers a dark enough sky to catch a glimpse and rest in quiet stillness.

Street closures remain in place around the Tissue Depot, where a massive fire burned on Sept. 13, prompting shelter-in-place orders and canceling school for a day in Cheboygan.

This week: Climate legislation, a retiring reporter, and a few moments with a local Orthodox priest whose church has become a popular destination for aurora hunters.

Residents gave more than an hour of public comment, both supporting and condemning the county’s decision to have Ginop removed from the Board of Health.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer released the MI Healthy Climate Plan last year. Now the state legislature is trying to take those goals and turn them into law.

Golden brown algae is at its thickest this time of year. Biologists say golden brown algae growth has exploded in lakes across the region since around 2014, but we still don't know why.

Bills to require doctors to screen young children for lead poisoning passed the Michigan Legislature Tuesday.

The Benzie County Road Commission still plans to move ahead with demolition of a former elementary school in Honor after not being selected for brownfield funding.

New Michigan legislation is meant to prevent anyone guilty of a misdemeanor involving domestic violence from carrying a gun within eight years of their sentence.

A viticulture extension educator in northwest Michigan is testing whether lasers could be an effective bird repellent for grape growers.