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Points North: Scratching the right itch
-Ron Reimink knew how uncomfortable and annoying swimmer’s itch could be. He spent much of his adult life trying to eradicate it in lakes across northern Michigan. Then one day, he realized he was completely wrong.
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Smoke expected to lift in northern Michigan, but more could be on the way
-This is the latest in a series of intense wildfire seasons in Canada — and smoky springs and summers in the Midwest.
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Points North: The Good Thief?
-Tom Farnquist is in the business of preserving underwater artifacts and displaying them in the Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum. The problem is, a lot of those artifacts were technically stolen from the State of Michigan. And one day, the state notices.
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Beaches, Boating, Paddle Sports and SailingFeature HomepageLake HuronLatest NewsMichiganNewsRecreation and TourismPoints North: The Longest Paddle
-After Traci Lynn Martin’s mom died, she knew she couldn’t keep putting off her dream: Becoming the first person to kayak around the Great Lakes in one year.
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Energy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsNorthern Michigan program says to get discounted solar, sign up with your neighbor
-Access MI Solar offers discounts for projects — if enough people sign up.
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AudioFeature HomepageHistory and CultureLatest NewsMinnesotaNewsRecreation and TourismTourismWisconsinPoints North: My lakes are better than your lakes
-Minnesota and Wisconsin are rivals at just about everything. So when Wisconsin’s secretary of tourism claimed Wisconsin had more lakes than Minnesota, the embers of an age-old debate were stoked.
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CollaborationEnergy, Clean Energy, Ethanol and FrackingIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsNorthern Michigan moves to clean up ice storm debris — by making energy
-The same debris that knocked out the power a few weeks ago could be used to make electricity.
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Enbridge Line 5 and Other PipelinesFeature HomepageIndustry, Energy, Economic DevelopmentLatest NewsMichiganNewsPolitics, Policy, Environmental JusticeU.S. and Canadian Federal GovernmentsArmy Corps to fast track review of Line 5 tunnel project
-The federal review of the Line 5 tunnel project will be sped up through new emergency procedures under an executive order from President Donald Trump.
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The lights are coming back on. How can utilities prepare for next time?
-With more ice storms expected in the decades ahead as the climate changes, utilities are trying to figure out how to be ready for the next ice storm.
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Points North: Some Things Never Change
-Inside cabins and yurts at the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park there are log books. For more than 70 years, visitors have written in them. We went into this time capsule to see if people’s experiences had changed over the decades.
