Northern Michigan

On Monday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer approved House Bill 4345, exempting schools from missing days caused by March's historic ice storm. However, some teachers are concerned about the results of this year's state testing due to the storm's disruption.

The Michigan Hospitality Foundation is accepting financial aid applications for eligible workers who were impacted by the March ice storm.

The Community Foundation for Northeast Michigan has reopened their COVID-19 Urgent Needs Fund to help communities while they recover from the historic ice storm.

State and federal authorities are assessing damage to private property this week in 12 counties in northern Michigan.

Green Door Folk School in Traverse City creates diverse relationships through communal learning and getting back to basic skills.

By some estimates, tens of millions of trees could be damaged.

Harwood Gold Store in Charlevoix and Cafe and Maple Moon Sugarbush and Winery of Petoskey both experienced significant damage to their properties after ice toppled trees last week.

Hundreds of thousands of people lost power in northern Michigan after an ice storm hit in late March 2025. Below are moments captured by WCMU's Teresa Homsi while she was on the ground reporting on the storm.

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer made some stops in Petoskey, Gaylord and Alpena Thursday to assess the damage from an ice storm that took out power to hundreds of thousands of people across the region last weekend.

One measles case has been confirmed in Michigan already, but officials in northern Michigan say low vaccination rates in some counties are causing real concern for a potential outbreak.