What would you do if killer lampreys invaded your town?
Would you: A) run away screaming B) attack them with golf clubs, weed whackers and curling irons, or C) haplessly fall victim to them as you enjoy a quiet afternoon of fishing with your dog? The...
View ArticleThis Michigan-bred musician nails 29 celebrity impressions in one song
Update: Rob Cantor has posted a new video showing how he faked every one of the 29 celebrity impressions, using the voices of 11 different impressionists. I'm a fool . How's your work day going?...
View ArticlePsst! I think cyanobacterium is an enormous jerk
You might have heard. We've got this new guy strutting around the station telling us to "get it right." Well, I've had just about enough of this guy. I'm sharing my thoughts about him in this vlog...
View ArticleLife is not easy when you're listed as dead
You hear about these mix ups from time to time. Satori Shakoor, host of the Ann Arbor and Detroit Moth Story Slams, tells a funny story about being listed as a male on her driver's license. But this...
View Article1,000 smuggled turtles put in Detroit Zoo's care
The Detroit Zoo is caring for more than 1,000 turtles authorities say are tied to an international smuggling ring. According to a news release Friday from the zoo, a number of the turtles were found...
View ArticleAnn Arbor bank refuses to close on Columbus Day for obvious reasons
Their explanation is simple: That school in Ohio and the University of Michigan have a bit of a rivalry between their football teams . The Bank of Ann Arbor Facebook post is at 307 shares and counting...
View ArticleGM's "Chevy Guy" creates a memorable World Series moment
The "number one" fear got the best of GM regional manager Rikk Wilde last night as he presented the Most Valuable Player award to San Franciso's ace pitcher Madison Bumgarner. Watch Wilde tell...
View ArticlePick your Top 10 facts that prove Michigan is the greatest state from...
If the magazine racks at the grocery story are any indication, we love lists. Lists of the "top" vacation spots - lists of the "top" TV shows - and lists of the "top"... ahem... bedroom moves. So why...
View Article"Please pee in our Porta-potties for science," say researchers
Researchers have set up two Porta potties by a bus stop on the University of Michigan's central campus today. They're hoping to gather enough urine to research whether disinfected human urine can be...
View ArticleHere's what it's like inside and on top of the Giant Uniroyal Tire
When we heard that the Automotive Press Association was holding an event to celebrate the 50 th anniversary of the Giant Uniroyal Tire along 1-94, we couldn’t resist. Not only because, well, it’s the...
View ArticleGroup seeking to break human-powered land speed record in Michigan
A Canadian group hoping to break the human-powered land speed record is testing its speed-bike on a General Motors test track on Monday. The current record is 83.1 miles per hour. AeroVelo thinks its...
View ArticleMy relationship with VW just isn't the same anymore
I found my Jetta Sportswagen TDI in 2013. I bought the car after extensive research, and it was exactly what I needed -- roomy but sporty, solid construction, room in the back for my dogs, excellent...
View ArticleChristopher Columbus suffering from major image problem
So much so that they're apparently taking it out on statues now. Google "Columbus statue vandalism" and you'll drum up all manner of news stories about statues where people have expressed their opinion...
View ArticleNeed some holiday baking tips? This Port Huron pie baker’s secrets sell for $100
When you’re driving into Lexington, Michigan on M-25, you pass this house with a teeny wooden sign out front: “Mary’s Pie Shop: Ho’Made.” No store front, just a house. I loved it as soon as I saw it....
View ArticleWATCH: Chelsea, Michigan's "Community Calendar" with Jeff Daniels & Stephen...
It wasn't quite Between Two Ferns , but Jeff Daniels and Stephen Colbert did sit beside a fern-like plant when delivering Chelsea, Michigan's " Community Calendar ." Check out a rundown of Chelsea's...
View ArticleMix Star Wars with martial arts, and what do you get? Lightsaber sparring.
Star Wars: The Last Jedi opened with the bang of a thermal detonator this weekend, becoming the second-highest grossing opening weekend for a film ever in North America. But your local theater isn't...
View ArticleStop and smell the “rotting flesh” as rare corpse flower blooms in Grand Rapids
It's a momentous week at the Frederik Meijer Gardens . Its once-tiny corpse flower is now a strapping plant, reaching several feet high, and it's about to bloom for the very first time.
View ArticleNo mitt? No problem. Teams bring 1800s-style to Michigan baseball fields.
This weekend, baseball fans will roll the clock way back, more than 150 years. There's a four-game tournament of early baseball happening at Cambridge Junction Historic State Park in Brooklyn,...
View Article99-year-old has been pulling beers at Alpena bar for 78 years. She’s got no...
Ninety-nine-year-old Clarise Kramer Cadarette Grzenkowicz has been bartending at the Maplewood Tavern near Alpena, Michigan for the past 78 years.
View ArticleThe Toledo Christmas Weed is "what we all need this Christmas season"
Shades of A Charlie Brown Christmas are playing out on a busy intersection in West Toledo. The Toledo Christmas Weed, a lonely sapling growing out of a crack in the sidewalk, is now adorned with tinsel...
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