Upper Peninsula

Today, we dug into tension between Ford and some of its parts suppliers. Plus, why Belle Isle's a great place to spend a sunny day...until you need to find a bathroom. We also heard about the Canadian wildfire smoke that's casting a haze across Michigan skies. Then, the husband and wife team who saved a U.P. newspaper, and turned it into an award-winning publication.

By the mid 20th century, there was an unexpected burgeoning industry: women’s undergarments manufacturing. This is the story of the H.W. Gossard Company and the Gossard Girls.

How algae and microplastics interact in the Great Lakes, a new poetry collection captures the essence of urban and suburban environments, and a look at the history of the Gossard Girls, women who sewed corsets and bras at factories in the U.P during Michigan’s industrial age.

Today, an analysis of the Court of Appeals' decision to send the parents of the shooter at Oxford High School to trial. Then, we get a look at the life of a dog musher in the U.P. We also got some tips about how urban gardens can help support pollinators.

Last week we got some really hard news about a UP institution. Finlandia University is shutting down after 126 years in operation.

Today on Stateside, a conversation with the president of the soon-to-close Finlandia University, and a closer look at Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's plan to expand early childhood education.

An update on the legislative action in Lansing this week, including bills to codifies LGBTQ protections in Michigan. Plus, Congresswoman Hillary Scholten reacts to news that West Michigan employers were using child labor. How a mild winter affects U. P. Dog-sledding races. And Detroit begins to explore reparations.

Michelin star chef Iliana Regan decided to leave behind the buzzing Chicago culinary scene for a quieter life, she found solace in the woods of the Upper Peninsula.

On today's show, environmental concerns in the U.P., a look back at decade old Detroit development, converting old K-marts for curling, and a news collaboration brings local coverage to Spanish speakers.

Finnish-American folk-god Heikki Lunta is a mythical deity who brought snow to the far north of the Upper Peninsula one crucial winter in the 1970s.