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Most towns Up North have a local diner – a place everyone knows about, where you can get a simple meal and a strong cup of coffee at a reasonable…
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State officials want hunters to shoot more deer in northeastern lower Michigan. Infected deer in the area spread a disease called bovine tuberculosis....
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Anne and John Hoyt own Leelanau Cheese Company in Suttons Bay.Leelanau Cheese is famous for it’s raclette.“When people ask what it tastes like, I often…
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Michigan has a lot of festivals. There’s a tulip festival, a cherry festival, an apple festival, we even have an asparagus festival.Recently, I came…
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The tart cherry harvest has begun in northern Michigan. The cherry crop is large this year, but growers are dealing with rising numbers of spotted wing…
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Last Friday’s hail storm left some fruit growers with severely damaged trees. Apples and cherries took a beating in parts of Leelanau and Antrim…
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When chef John Larson and his family moved from Chicago to Traverse City last spring, he soon realized that getting a table at a downtown restaurant was a…
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Fruit growers have a new problem: they can’t buy enough young trees to plant in their orchards.This is especially true for cherry farmers in Michigan who…
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Mark Baker announced in December he was selling his farm. But now he says he has a new plan: he wants to help other military veterans take up farming. A…
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Don Coe helped commercialize northern Michigan’s wine industry. He founded Black Star Farms near Suttons Bay 17 years ago.Coe retired last month and…