Up North Lowdown
Each week, you’ll hear sound-rich stories from northern Michigan, interviews with journalists and newsmakers, and a look at some of the other things making news in our state — all in about 15 minutes. Get the Up North Lowdown, from Interlochen Public Radio.
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What’s on your summer bucket list? The nonprofit news organization Bridge Michigan asked readers that question this spring. Here's one of them. -
Congress rescinded federal funding already allocated to public broadcasting. For IPR, it's a $300,000 budget hit. Still, our leader says we have reasons to be optimistic. -
In this episode, a short conversation with the author Katie Yee. She is known as a short story writer, but Yee is appearing later this month at the National Writers Series in Traverse City to talk about her debut novel. t’s called “Maggie; or, a Man and a Woman Walk into a Bar.” Ahead of her visit to town, Yee spoke with IPR’s Ed Ronco. -
For some, the National Cherry Festival Marching Band in Traverse City is a chance to keep marching. For others, it's an opportunity to try something new. It certainly was for Cindy Monroe. -
Michigan's Attorney General is going after the Twin Flames Universe, a spiritual organization based in Leelanau County that's widely considered to be a cult. -
In May, authorities in Traverse City cleared out an encampment from part of town known as "the Pines." What happened to those who left? -
In Lake County — population 12,000 — a new ICE facility is opening in a shuttered private prison, promising to create hundreds of jobs in the poorest county in the state. Many residents have doubts about whether the jobs will last.
