Justin A. Hinkley

1 month ago | radio.wcmu.org | Ellie Katz |Justin A. Hinkley

This story was reported in partnership with Bridge Michigan. When a once-in-a-generation ice stormslammed northern Michigan in late March, damaging hundreds of miles of forest, Bill Sterrett hoped his decades of careful management might help his woodlot north of Gaylord fare a little better. It didn't. "The first thing I saw was these pine right here, and I was looking for green," he said. "There's green up there, but it's not green like it was.

1 month ago | bridgemi.com | Justin A. Hinkley

More than 300,000 utility customers lost power Sunday; days later more than 70,000 remained without Michigan routinely has some of the nation’s longest power outages during major storms Utilities says recently approved rate hikes will improve reliability, but weather is becoming increasingly harsh More than 70,000 Michigan utility customers remained without power on Friday, six days after a massive ice storm in the north and 10 tornadoes to the south downed scores of power lines and knocked...

1 month ago | bridgemi.com | Justin A. Hinkley

A $70,000 state grant in Branch, Hillsdale, and St. Joseph counties will fund efforts to prevent vehicle collisions with horse-drawn buggies and carriagesTwo Michiganders — including an 8-year-old girl — have died in recent weeks because of such crashesSuch crashes killed 18 Michiganders between 2016 and 2023An 8-year-old Amish girl died Wednesday and a 12-year-old boy was hospitalized in critical condition after an SUV crashed into their horse-drawn buggy on a country road in Van Buren County.

2 months ago | bridgedetroit.com | Ron French |Justin A. Hinkley |Christine Ferretti |Ron French

Food banks could run short on local food soon if federal funding remains frozenAbout $1.7 million in Michigan invoices have been held up so far as part of Trump’s cost-cutting effortsAgencies fear critical shortages if the freeze isn’t resolved soon of the program  that began in 2021Flint Fresh Food Hub has a freezer full of beef, blueberries and asparagus from local farmers, and none of it is currently going to feed the hungry.

2 months ago | bridgemi.com | Ron French |Justin A. Hinkley

Food banks could run short on local food soon if federal funding remains frozenAbout $1.7 million in Michigan invoices have been held up so far as part of Trump’s cost-cutting effortsAgencies fear critical shortages if the freeze isn’t resolved soon of the program  that began in 2021Flint Fresh Food Hub has a freezer full of beef, blueberries and asparagusfrom local farmers, and none of it is currently going to feed the hungry.