Up North Lowdown
Nine minutes of northern Michigan, every weekday.
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Our latest episode
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Prison workers in the Michigan Department of Corrections have been upset about working conditions — including thin staffing, safety concerns and mandatory overtime — for a while now. They're about to get a raise. Will it assuage any concern?
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IPR climate solutions reporter Vivian La on possible funding cuts to a key NOAA program monitoring the Great Lakes. And yes, there are a lot of bugs this spring. -
Tom Medema is project manager for America's Time Capsule — a project of the official celebration of the nation's semiquincentennial. The capsule will be buried in Philadelphia until 2276. -
An incubator farm aims to bolster Michigan's agricultural future. Also, a new investigation into the Antrim County Clerk's office. -
Five children from Grand Traverse County were sent out of state for mental health treatment — to a Missouri facility with a history of allegations of sexual and physical abuse. -
A month after the floods and the near failure of the Bellaire dam, we check back in with Leslie Meyers about what comes next. -
Manager Todd Reed talks to IPR about why it's hard to predict what any given season will bring and the importance of building a team around more than wins and losses. -
A 12-hour concert this weekend will celebrate the life of Holly T. Bird, a lawyer, activist, tribal judge and former TCAPS school board member. Also: Our gardening segment returns, and we hear about more data center angst.
