Michigan Chillers Author Wakes at 1:30 A.M. to Write His Spooky Tales

Over the past 25 years, Jonathan Rand has written scary stories set in our state that help kids realize reading is fun

Yoopers Are Much Friendlier than Trolls

When I visited the U.P. for the first time, almost every Yooper we met showed us unique kindness

Why Students Are Standing Guard at UM and MSU

Defenders stand in the rain during Rivalry Week to protect their school symbols from spray paint

The Secret to This Swim Team’s Success? Tradition

Great team captains make training six days a week and competing for titles and records possible

The Lumberjacks Still Survive

At the Jack Pine Lumberjack Shows, you can see men chop wood faster and harder than anyone else

The Quest to Perfect a Most Persnickety Flower

The Michigan Dahlia Society celebrated its 100-year anniversary this year, and the blooms it grows are striking as ever

What It Feels Like to Be Truly Alive

Summer is ending, but the memories you make at the lake will last a lifetime

A Sandy Car Means You’re Doing Summer Right

When sand gets all over you and the floor of your vacation rental, it means grand adventures are going on

Want Resilient Kids? Put Them in the Fair

It’s the parenting secret Michigan fair families have known all along