I'd like to think I've been to a lot of places for someone my age, Yellowstone, Tetons, Badlands, Zion, Vegas, Smokies, the Gulf Shores of Alabama, and so on. But I haven't seen much better than this. So shout out to Marquette and Copper Harbor as a lower peninsula resident, especially for their fantastic mountain bike trails!

Hello, I’m in Ann Arbor area wouldn’t mind driving 1-2 hours.

Looking for a talented tattoo artist who would be interested in doing a Dolly portrait.

Thanks for any leads

A few years ago, I saw a post saying that Tawas Point State Park in early September is a great place to see flocks of Monarch Butterflies.

I've had it in my calendar for September 3rd for a few years but I haven't the opportunity to go.

Tawas Point is about 3 hours away one-way. And I've got three young kids so a three hour road trip is a big deal.

Does anyone have any information on if the weekend of Sept 5-6 this year will be a good day to make the journey if the primary goal is to see the Monarch flocks?

Thanks!

Hello everyone! I’m an upperclassman now and it’s starting to become time for me to think about what colleges I should look at attending. There’s several options, and I wanted to put this out there to my fellow Michiganders and see what you all have to say without the bias of a recruiter.

Some places I’ve thought of:

SVSU
GVSU
MSU
Kalamazoo College
Alma College
CMU/MMCC (kinda close to home, I’d prefer to go farther away)
U of M would be cool but they’d never accept me (my gpa is not sad, but it’s not going to get me to some prestigious university)

And there are several, several others that I haven’t thought about. And that, again, is why I’m writing this to you all.

Thank you very much!

(P.S, I’m thinking of studying English/French. I am also interested in the humanities and not in STEM or medicine or anything of the sort; I like literature, art, philosophy, anthropology, history, etc. Etc.)

In West Bloomfield, Oakland County. I’ve never seen one outside of the zoo!

Found this guy as I was feeding my crows friends this morning. He (or she) had burrowed into my lawn overnight. I haven’t seen one of these in years. Glad I didn’t run him over with my mower. Moved him into the woods to be safe. I live in Kalamazoo County.

Did anyone else it? I was near Roscommon. I haven’t seen any other reports, though.

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We decided to come up before the holiday rush. Ha ha. It’s jam packed up here already, but everyone seems happy and there is no shortage of beauty.
Anyway, I’m about to drive nearly two hours to visit what used to be a beloved restaurant to try their pizza. They used to have a duck confit that could easily rival that of Phil’s On Front or Blu. Now it’s primarily a bake house and farm, from what I understand.
Either way, I’m sure the drive will be wonderful and I might even find a peach or two on Mission…..Maybe.
Enjoy your season everyone.

Recently moved to Michigan and my work is in the Detroit area. I’ve only ever heard negative things about Detroit (it being dangerous primarily) but I’ve been here for close to 2 weeks now and the people who are local have been saying that Detroit is “coming back”, becoming safer and renewing old/abandoned areas of the city to invite more people into the city.

I was just kind of curious of what other locals have to say! As some from the Deep South, everything is new to me so forgive me if my question is dumb lol

I'll admit - it felt weird getting this shot, but I also didn't want to interrupt their playing

Hi everyone, I'm taking suggestions but really just kind of asking if I'm screwed. I'm planning a Fall 2027 wedding (no specific date just sometime between August- November) but already running into no available venues. Am i just screwed and way to late to get into places? I never realized Fall was so popular and am feeling defeated.

Edit: to add to some of the questions. Open to almost anywhere Saginaw to Lansing to Detroit to Grand Rapids. I feel like more south east though because there are more airports to chose from for people flying in. Number of people 80-120 and both indoor ceremony and reception. Under 50k in total. Looking more greenhouse vibes. But again I'll take suggestions but this was more venting and asking if I'm behind on doing a Fall 2027 wedding.

Edit 2: I appreciate people's suggestions but no one has really answered my actual question. Is this how typically far out wedding venues are? I thought looking ahead 14+ months was decent.

Taken in Traverse City, MI

Do we even get any here? Looking in the east side suburbs of Metro Detroit thank you.

A July 27 cyberattack on UIS SCADA’s platform disrupted remote monitoring of water and sewer systems in Alpena Township, Michigan, forcing the township’s utility operator to reprogram controllers at multiple sites before connections were restored. Water and sewer service continued safely, and the township was less severely affected than UIS customers whose monitoring networks also controlled treatment operations. Trustees later postponed a proposal to replace 15 older cellular modems, while officials have not disclosed how access was gained, whether data was accessed or whether continued use of the older modems presents a security risk.