Izzy Ross | IPR
Climate Solutions Reporter, Interlochen Public RadioIzzy covers climate change for communities in northern Michigan and around the Great Lakes for Interlochen Public Radio through a partnership with Grist.org.
She spent the past five years at KDLG in Dillingham, Alaska, as a reporter and news director. There, she led the annual Bristol Bay Fisheries Report, a daily show for the region's communities and thousands of commercial fishermen. She also collaborated with other radio stations across the state and reported for Alaska's Energy Desk.
Izzy grew up in the Hudson Valley, New York. She graduated from Smith College with a degree in Government and spent a year reporting on stand-up comedy in Berlin on a Fulbright Journalism Fellowship. Izzy loves to salsa dance, experiment with baking and play the board game Everdell.
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The comment period is open until Nov. 13, and the state is holding a virtual public hearing tonight at 7 p.m. -
First Lady Jill Biden and First Lady of Minnesota Gwen Walz were in Traverse City on Monday to motivate canvassers to get out the vote. -
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has restricted burning in much of the region until enough rain has fallen. -
The Harris campaign, meanwhile, pushed back against claims made by the Republican senator from Ohio. -
The show is a place for people who love to preserve and restore old technologies. Thousands of people come each year to see and show the trains, antique tractors and cars. And some enthusiasts say it's a chance to learn about the past. -
Supporters say it’s a step toward making rooftop solar and other energy efficiency measures more accessible to many in Michigan who belong to an HOA. -
Wave energy converters use the movement of the water to generate electricity. A research team from the University of Michigan will spend the next couple years developing a prototype to install in the waters off the island. -
Michigan is requiring more biosecurity measures on farms because of an outbreak of bird flu in dairy herds. -
The project started a few years ago as a collaboration between the Traverse City Downtown Development Authority, the Master Gardener Association of Northwest Michigan and Michigan State University Extension. -
Ten finalists presented projects that dealt with PFAS, lead contamination, microplastics and nutrients.
