Michigan history

Today, a review of a 2022 case where a Grand Rapids police officer shot and killed Patrick Lyoya and what happens next. Then, the story of a water rescue and the journey of finding the stranger that saved him. Plus, the time Michiganders tried taking over Ontario.

The Library of Michigan is asking residents to donate their yearbooks as part of a project to build a comprehensive collection from Michigan high schools, colleges, and vocational schools.

Today, a survey of the recent presidential nominee visits targeting Black voters in Detroit. Then, true tales from a storied cemetery you can visit this spooky season. Plus, how Michiganders are considering cannabis policy as a factor in their presidential vote.

Researchers look at how to control the parasite that causes swimmer’s itch, a husband-and-wife team of professional mushroom hunters offer their spring foraging tips, and the history of an undergarments factory run by women in the Upper Peninsula.

A look at state legislative races, Great Lakes fisheries learning Icelandic techniques, the best advice on drawing, when U.S. women lost their citizenship, and remembering the push to divest Michigan from apartheid-era South Africa.

Benjamin Hall's family has passed down one of their ancestor's freedom papers for generations. The document tells a piece of this family's history, and a larger painful legacy of chattel slavery in the United States.

Ford recalling a recall that was supposed fix air bag problems, a historical fiction novel set in Detroit and Alabama, how a Michigander invented kitty litter, and touring the Capitol restoration work in Lansing.

The Michigan Capitol rotunda is undergoing a major renovation. Michigan Public's Morning Edition team got a special tour of the job site on a 160-foot scaffold.

Through candid dialogue between academics and artists, a new video series examines the Underground Railroad’s history and its reverberating impact.

Democrats aim to get Michigan's environmental agency more power over water quality issues, AI helps to uncover Great Lakes history, and reframing the Israel and Gaza conflict.