Forest Mullins, aka the Milk Maiden (photo courtesy of Gary L. Howe)
We’re all aware of the current state of our economy. Layoffs continue to keep Michigan...
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More and more people are listening to public radio but stations, like Interlochen Public Radio, are struggling to make ends meet. This month IPR scheduled an extra on-air pledge drive because of financial need. It...
Times are tough all over Michigan, but times always seem to be tough in Lake County. This week on Interlochen Public Radio we travel to Baldwin, a community with literacy rates estimated to rival Detroit. In Lake, the number of people in poverty...
Times are tough all over Michigan, but times always seem to be tough in Lake County. This week IPR travels to Baldwin, to a community school where nearly all the students are poor, and one-in-five adults in the community have no high school...
This week IPR has taken a peak at Baldwin from inside the classroom. Even in good times, unemployment is consistently high in Lake County, as is illiteracy, and poverty. But this is also a community with a rich sense of identity tied to a special...
A group opposed to new coal fired power plants being built in Michigan is appealing to electric co-op members with a new web site.
There's a new company up north that wants to buy and sell local food. Locovore Food Distributors made its first delivery this week to grocery chains downstate. The company's owner is a pioneer in connecting small farms to neighboring schools,...
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