Up North Lowdown
Nine minutes of northern Michigan, every weekday.
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Our latest episode
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Today, we get an update on the cherry harvest in northern Michigan and play a little game with the winner of our first-ever Up North Lowdown Puzzle!
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A new local newsroom appeared in Grand Traverse County seemingly overnight. Prism News publishes under the bylines of nearly 40 journalists.But here’s the catch: None of those reporters are human.
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Dylan Kulik and Ed Ronco talk backyard gardening. Wild fire smoke returns to the area this week. And an update on the food-born cyclosporiasis outbreak and how it's affecting northern Michigan.
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Three years after Public Act 233 passed, municipalities are still grappling with their options for large renewable energy projects as the state seeks to transition to cleaner energy sources.
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"Here All Along: Finding My Way to Cherry Republic" is the title of Bob Sutherland's new memoir. Ed Ronco talks with him at his Traverse City location. Also, a traffic update.
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IPR's Maxwell Howard takes us to a powwow organized by the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians. Also, an update on Beitner Rd.
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Despite having no proposals on the table, over 100 people packed into a Garfield Township Planning Commission to voice their opposition to data centers.
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Heavy rains last week caused highway M-88 in Antrim County to wash out. Providence Organic Farm is located between two of the washouts, but customers seem to be finding their way there just fine.