Safe Harbor Shelter

IPR checked in with one gas station along a snowmobile trail and one grocery store open Monday in downtown Traverse City. Plus, a list of open shelters and a prognosis on power outages.

Overnight warming centers are opening across northern Michigan as subzero temperatures, dangerous wind chills, and lake-effect snow move in through the weekend.

A task force looking at homelessness issues in Traverse City is considering the possibility of combining the area's two big overnight shelters. What would that actually look like?

The Traverse City homeless shelter normally closes its doors for the summer at the end of April. But this May, the shelter will stay open.

Commissioners provided the last piece of a funding puzzle for a shelter serving people experiencing homelessness. Safe Harbor hopes to expand its services beyond the current October-to-April season.

While officials backed the idea, it still has a long way to go before it becomes reality.

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