https://themittendaily.com/ Michigan news, sports and things to do. en-us Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:31:58 -0400 30 https://themittendaily.com/images/logo-square-512.pnghttps://themittendaily.com/ https://themittendaily.com/stories/grand-rapids-travel-west-michigan-potters-guild-fall-show-nov-6-7-1021.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/grand-rapids-travel-west-michigan-potters-guild-fall-show-nov-6-7-1021.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:31:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily Michigan Travel Grand Rapids Pottery Art Show Holiday Shopping Things to Do Shop Local The West Michigan Potters Guild fills the St. Nicholas Cultural Center on East Paris Avenue SE on Friday, Nov. 6, from noon to 7 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 7, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission and parking are free. Handmade stacking mugs by a Denver, Colorado, potter in February 2025, in a file photo. They are not from the Grand Rapids show. Photo: Liinbean / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.Liinbean / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/kalamazoo-news-central-high-gun-weapon-detectors-police-report-kps-dispute-1021.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/kalamazoo-news-central-high-gun-weapon-detectors-police-report-kps-dispute-1021.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:31:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily News Kalamazoo Kalamazoo Public Schools School Safety Weapon Detectors Public Safety Schools A 16-year-old told police the detectors alerted and a search missed the loaded handgun. KPS says video shows the system never alerted. The district installed the detectors last year with about $300,000 in state grant money. Walk-through metal detectors at an office building entrance in November 2017, in a file photo. It does not show Kalamazoo Central or its system. Photo: PQ77wd / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.PQ77wd / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/royal-oak-travel-halloween-home-tour-2026-free-map-60-decorated-houses-1021.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/royal-oak-travel-halloween-home-tour-2026-free-map-60-decorated-houses-1021.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:31:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily Michigan Travel Royal Oak Halloween Halloween 2026 Things to Do Oakland County Family A Royal Oak mom’s homemade Google map, started six years ago, pins about 60 decorated homes, with a photo of each and new ready-made routes by part of town. It costs nothing to visit or to add a house. A New Orleans house with a front-yard Halloween graveyard in October 2017, in a file photo. It does not show a home on the Royal Oak tour. Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.Infrogmation of New Orleans / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/troy-news-michigan-medicine-cardiovascular-imaging-center-late-2027-1021.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/troy-news-michigan-medicine-cardiovascular-imaging-center-late-2027-1021.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:31:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily News Troy Michigan Medicine University of Michigan Health Care Oakland County Development The Frankel Cardiovascular Center and Forbes Advanced Imaging Center will sit next to the $250 million Eisenberg specialty-care building, which is set to open in spring 2027. U-M regents approved up to $110 million for the pair last year. An MRI scanner at a hospital in Jaipur, India, in May 2015, in a file photo. It does not show Michigan Medicine’s Troy campus. Photo: GeorgeWilliams21 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.GeorgeWilliams21 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/bedford-township-news-toledo-chemical-leak-shelter-order-lifted-schools-closed-1021.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/bedford-township-news-toledo-chemical-leak-shelter-order-lifted-schools-closed-1021.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:30:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily News Bedford Township Temperance Toledo Chemical Leak Schools Public Safety A ruptured tank of glycidyl methacrylate in north Toledo put parts of Monroe County under a stay-indoors order for about 12 hours. Toledo lifted it at 5 p.m. and shrank the evacuation zone to a half mile. Lewis Avenue looking south in Temperance, in Bedford Township, in a January 2012 file photo. Photo: Dwight Burdette / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0, cropped and color-adjusted.Dwight Burdette / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0, cropped and color-adjusted. https://themittendaily.com/stories/holland-news-silver-maple-solar-farm-ruling-ottawa-county-vote-oct-27-1021.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/holland-news-silver-maple-solar-farm-ruling-ottawa-county-vote-oct-27-1021.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:30:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily News Holland Zeeland Township Solar Farmland Ottawa County Local Control An Ottawa County judge ruled the Smallegan family must honor lease options on 562 acres in the $330 million, 1,900-acre project in Zeeland and Jamestown townships. The family has until Oct. 29 to appeal. Solar panels on a U.S. farm, seen from above in an August 2024 USDA file photo. It does not show the Silver Maple Solar site. Photo: David Kosling, U.S. Department of Agriculture / Wikimedia Commons, public domain, cropped and color-adjusted.David Kosling, U.S. Department of Agriculture / Wikimedia Commons, public domain, cropped and color-adjusted. https://themittendaily.com/stories/muskegon-election-county-parks-trails-millage-half-mill-nov-3-1021.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/muskegon-election-county-parks-trails-millage-half-mill-nov-3-1021.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:30:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily Election 2026 Muskegon Parks Millage Property Taxes Muskegon County Trails The 10-year levy would raise about $3.6 million a year, with up to 30% shared with cities, villages and townships. A home with a $100,000 taxable value would pay $50 a year; the county would drop its $25 annual park pass. The Lake Michigan shoreline at Muskegon, with the Muskegon Channel in the distance, in a March 2006 file photo. Photo: Darwin Smith Jr. / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same license.Darwin Smith Jr. / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/muskegon-travel-miniarture-golf-museum-of-art-oct-29-april-11-1021.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/muskegon-travel-miniarture-golf-museum-of-art-oct-29-april-11-1021.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:30:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily Michigan Travel Muskegon Muskegon Museum of Art Mini Golf Things to Do Family Fun Art The indoor course is fully playable, clubs and balls included, with holes based on works by Charles Burchfield, Lois Mailou Jones, Montague Dawson and more. Adults pay $17, seniors $13 and kids $5; members play free. The visitor entrance of the Muskegon Museum of Art in an August 2026 file photo. Photo: Mister Melville / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 (public domain dedication), cropped and color-adjusted.Mister Melville / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 (public domain dedication), cropped and color-adjusted. https://themittendaily.com/stories/traverse-city-news-commissioner-lauren-flynn-pleads-not-guilty-super-drunk-charge-1021.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/traverse-city-news-commissioner-lauren-flynn-pleads-not-guilty-super-drunk-charge-1021.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 19:30:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily News Traverse City Grand Traverse County Drunk Driving Courts County Commission Public Safety Michigan State Police say they stopped the District 2 commissioner July 24 after seeing poor driving. An Antrim County special prosecutor took the case because the county board funds Grand Traverse’s prosecutor. She is presumed innocent. The Grand Traverse County Courthouse in Traverse City in a July 2017 file photo. Flynn was arraigned by video in 86th District Court in Antrim County. Photo: rossograph / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same license.rossograph / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/lansing-news-store-operator-indicted-snap-fraud-1-million-cash-for-benefits-1021.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/lansing-news-store-operator-indicted-snap-fraud-1-million-cash-for-benefits-1021.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:43:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily News Lansing SNAP Fraud Taxpayers U.S. Attorney Small Business A grand jury charged Mohinder Singh, who runs Romario’s convenience store, with theft of public money and nine counts of SNAP benefits fraud. Prosecutors say he intended more than $1 million in losses. He is presumed innocent. The Charles E. Chamberlain Federal Building and Post Office in downtown Lansing, which houses the federal courthouse there, in a September 2024 file photo. Photo: Warren LeMay (w_lemay) / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.Warren LeMay (w_lemay) / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/mid-michigan-community-trick-or-treat-times-2026-saginaw-bay-city-midland-mt-pleasant-1021.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/mid-michigan-community-trick-or-treat-times-2026-saginaw-bay-city-midland-mt-pleasant-1021.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:43:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily Community Mid-Michigan Halloween Trick-or-Treat Saginaw Bay City Midland Halloween falls on a Saturday this year. Most towns picked 6 to 8 p.m. or 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Saginaw Township starts at 5, and Downtown Midland hands out candy from 2 to 4. Police add tips on visibility, traffic and candy checks. Trick-or-treaters in Milton, Massachusetts, on Halloween 2012, in a file photo. It does not show Mid-Michigan. Photo: Eric Haynes, Office of the Governor of Massachusetts / Wikimedia Commons, public domain, cropped and color-adjusted.Eric Haynes, Office of the Governor of Massachusetts / Wikimedia Commons, public domain, cropped and color-adjusted. https://themittendaily.com/stories/saginaw-community-peace-lutheran-17-8-million-one-campus-new-sanctuary-plan-1021.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/saginaw-community-peace-lutheran-17-8-million-one-campus-new-sanctuary-plan-1021.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:43:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily Community Saginaw Saginaw Township Faith Churches Lutheran Schools Peace Lutheran The congregation of 2,500 has $8.6 million pledged and hopes to finish by 2029. Leaders say the school and child care are so full they are turning away siblings, and that fixing the Adams Avenue church would have cost about as much. The sanctuary of St. Thomas Evangelical Lutheran Church in Freedom Township, Washtenaw County, in a July 2011 file photo. It is not Peace Lutheran. Photo: Dwight Burdette / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted.Dwight Burdette / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted. https://themittendaily.com/stories/sterling-heights-news-jury-convicts-man-in-stabbing-death-of-pregnant-girlfriend-1021.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/sterling-heights-news-jury-convicts-man-in-stabbing-death-of-pregnant-girlfriend-1021.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:43:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily News Sterling Heights Public Safety Courts Macomb County Prosecutor Domestic Violence Clinton Township A Macomb County jury found Damarion Winston Goler, 33, guilty of second-degree murder, causing the death of an unborn child and tampering with evidence in the March 2024 killing of Talic Mersina, 31. Each of the first two counts carries up to life in prison. The Macomb County Court Building in downtown Mount Clemens, where the county’s circuit court sits, in a May 2022 file photo. Photo: WeaponizingArchitecture / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.WeaponizingArchitecture / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/ann-arbor-news-bitcoin-atm-ordinance-license-daily-limits-scam-warnings-1021.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/ann-arbor-news-bitcoin-atm-ordinance-license-daily-limits-scam-warnings-1021.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:33:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily News Ann Arbor City Council Scams Cryptocurrency Seniors Public Safety City Council gave the kiosk ordinance first approval 9-0 on Oct. 19. It would require on-screen scam warnings, photo ID, live phone support and a $500 daily limit for new users, with $500-a-day fines for violations. A cryptocurrency kiosk in West Peoria, Illinois, in July 2018, in a file photo; it is not one of the Ann Arbor machines. Photo: Wrosenb2 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.Wrosenb2 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/bay-city-news-rachel-sovereign-memorial-home-closing-dec-31-after-140-years-1021.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/bay-city-news-rachel-sovereign-memorial-home-closing-dec-31-after-140-years-1021.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:33:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily News Bay City Senior Living Assisted Living Center Avenue Nonprofits History The nonprofit’s trustees cite rising costs, a $250,000-plus elevator upgrade and a Justice Department fair-housing dispute over wheelchair users. One resident is 102. Nineteen employees will lose their jobs. Nineteenth-century houses in Bay City’s Center Avenue Neighborhood Residential Historic District, the avenue where the Rachel Sovereign home stands, in a February 2012 file photo; the home itself is not pictured. Photo: Andrew Jameson / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.Andrew Jameson / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/dearborn-news-no-charges-cpl-holder-shoe-store-shooting-self-defense-1021.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/dearborn-news-no-charges-cpl-holder-shoe-store-shooting-self-defense-1021.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:33:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily News Dearborn Public Safety Self-Defense Concealed Pistol License Wayne County Prosecutor Dearborn Police Wayne County prosecutors say the evidence can’t disprove that the 30-year-old was defending herself or her boyfriend when she fired inside White House Kicks on Ford Road. The man who was shot is in critical condition, and police say others could still face charges. The Dearborn Police Department headquarters on Michigan Avenue in October 2020, in a file photo. Photo: Rachel Wickremasinghe / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.Rachel Wickremasinghe / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/flint-news-city-income-tax-moves-to-state-treasury-jan-1-what-changes-1021.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/flint-news-city-income-tax-moves-to-state-treasury-jan-1-what-changes-1021.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 15:33:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily News Flint Income Tax Taxpayers Michigan Treasury City Hall Michigan Treasury takes over filing, payments and refunds for the city’s 1% resident and 0.5% nonresident tax. City and state officials brief taxpayers Thursday at City Hall. Here is what changes, and what doesn’t. The City of Flint Municipal Center, which houses City Hall, in December 2023, in a file photo. Photo: Alberryii / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.Alberryii / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/jackson-news-consumers-energy-new-gas-rate-hike-request-after-139-million-increase-1021.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/jackson-news-consumers-energy-new-gas-rate-hike-request-after-139-million-increase-1021.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:34:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily News Jackson Consumers Energy Utility Rates Natural Gas MPSC Attorney General The approved increase adds about $3.92 a month to a typical home’s bill starting Nov. 1. The Jackson-based utility now says a new request is coming, likely in December, and Attorney General Dana Nessel says she will fight it. Consumers Energy’s headquarters at One Energy Plaza in downtown Jackson in September 2021, in a file photo. Photo: WeaponizingArchitecture / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.WeaponizingArchitecture / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/marquette-travel-nmu-band-day-oct-24-record-850-musicians-superior-dome-k-pop-halftime-1021.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/marquette-travel-nmu-band-day-oct-24-record-850-musicians-superior-dome-k-pop-halftime-1021.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:34:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily Michigan Travel Marquette Things to Do Northern Michigan University Marching Band Superior Dome School Bands More than 750 students from 23 school bands across the U.P., northern Michigan and northeast Wisconsin join NMU’s Wildcat Marching Band for a K-pop show, the biggest in Band Day’s 72 years. Kickoff is 1 p.m. Saturday. A Northern Michigan University football game inside the Superior Dome in Marquette, in a file photo uploaded in 2007. It does not show Band Day. Photo: Nmu bassmasta at English Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons, public domain, cropped and color-adjusted.Nmu bassmasta at English Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons, public domain, cropped and color-adjusted. https://themittendaily.com/stories/midland-election-public-schools-sinking-fund-1-5-mills-after-failed-285-million-bond-1021.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/midland-election-public-schools-sinking-fund-1-5-mills-after-failed-285-million-bond-1021.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:34:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily Election 2026 Midland School Millage Property Taxes Midland Public Schools School Safety The 10-year tax would raise about $4.57 million in its first year for door buzzers, cameras, roofs, heating systems and buses. On a $250,000 home the district puts the cost at about $187.50 a year. Voters rejected the 2025 bond 68% to 32%. The entrance sign at Midland High School in August 2005, in a file photo. Photo: Mrmiscellanious / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted.Mrmiscellanious / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted. https://themittendaily.com/stories/mount-pleasant-community-st-johns-episcopal-sacred-places-grant-stained-glass-1021.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/mount-pleasant-community-st-johns-episcopal-sacred-places-grant-stained-glass-1021.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 13:34:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily Community Mount Pleasant Churches Historic Preservation Faith Grants The 1880s “church with the red doors” at Maple and Washington is the only Michigan congregation among 30 chosen nationwide this year. It has pledged to raise another $54,000 to unlock the money. St. John’s Episcopal Church in Mount Pleasant in July 2015, in a file photo. Photo: rossograph / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.rossograph / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/guides/sleeping-bear-dunes-late-fall-winter-2026.html https://themittendaily.com/guides/sleeping-bear-dunes-late-fall-winter-2026.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:15:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily Guides Sleeping Bear Dunes late fall and winter 2026-27: Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive closing, open campgrounds, ski and snowshoe trails, passes and dates, checked Oct. 21. The Sleeping Bear bluff under snow above Lake Michigan at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore in February 2009, in a file photo. Photo: Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ ), altered.Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ ), altered. https://themittendaily.com/stories/battle-creek-travel-houdini-seance-oct-31-american-museum-of-magic-marshall-100th-anniversary-1021.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/battle-creek-travel-houdini-seance-oct-31-american-museum-of-magic-marshall-100th-anniversary-1021.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:29:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily Michigan Travel Battle Creek Marshall Things to Do Halloween Houdini American Museum of Magic An invited circle will gather around Houdini’s milk-can escape at noon Oct. 31, following the notes of the museum founder’s first séance in 1978. Observer tickets are $30. Exhibits and vintage magic posters inside the American Museum of Magic in Marshall in August 2022, in a file photo. Photo: Skvader / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.Skvader / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/port-huron-travel-paleojoe-dinosaur-bone-cleaning-carnegie-museum-oct-24-dinolab-1021.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/port-huron-travel-paleojoe-dinosaur-bone-cleaning-carnegie-museum-oct-24-dinolab-1021.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:29:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily Michigan Travel Port Huron Things to Do Port Huron Museums Carnegie Museum Dinosaurs Family Visitors can watch fossil hunter PaleoJoe clean real dinosaur bones from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, included with regular admission, alongside the museum’s DinoLab exhibit. The Carnegie Museum on Sixth Street in Port Huron, built in 1902 as the city’s Carnegie library, in July 2014, in a file photo. Photo: Darren56brown / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.Darren56brown / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/saginaw-sports-saginaw-united-carman-ainsworth-forfeit-week-9-after-fight-ejections-1021.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/saginaw-sports-saginaw-united-carman-ainsworth-forfeit-week-9-after-fight-ejections-1021.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:29:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily Sports Saginaw High School Football Saginaw United Carman-Ainsworth MHSAA Sportsmanship Officials ejected every player in uniform on both sides when a fight broke out at United’s homecoming game, and the one-game suspensions leave neither school able to play Friday. Saginaw Heritage and Flint Kearsley get forfeit wins. A high school football game at MPS South Stadium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in October 2025, in a file photo. It does not show Saginaw United or Carman-Ainsworth. Photo: Michael Barera / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.Michael Barera / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/traverse-city-news-attainable-housing-district-tax-break-small-landlords-income-qualified-tenants-1021.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/traverse-city-news-attainable-housing-district-tax-break-small-landlords-income-qualified-tenants-1021.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 09:29:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily News Traverse City Housing Property Taxes City Commission Rentals Owners of rentals with four or fewer units can now apply to pay about 27 mills on the building instead of the city’s 55-plus. Commissioners want a 15-certificate cap and five-year terms, and every deal still needs its own hearing and state approval. Houses on Fifth Street in Traverse City’s Central Neighborhood Historic District in July 2010, in a file photo. Photo: Andrew Jameson / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.Andrew Jameson / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/flint-travel-dia-de-muertos-oct-29-farmers-market-nov-6-flint-institute-of-arts-1020.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/flint-travel-dia-de-muertos-oct-29-farmers-market-nov-6-flint-institute-of-arts-1020.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:32:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily Michigan Travel Flint Things to Do Día de Muertos Flint Institute of Arts Flint Farmers’ Market The Flint Institute of Arts and the Latinx Technology & Community Center host a free family community day with face painting, live music and a community ofrenda, and a separate free evening comes first at the farmers market. The Flint Institute of Arts on East Kearsley Street in July 2018, in a file photo. Photo: Michael Barera / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.Michael Barera / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/houghton-sports-michigan-tech-wins-16th-straight-miners-cup-56-33-nmu-ferris-state-next-1020.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/houghton-sports-michigan-tech-wins-16th-straight-miners-cup-56-33-nmu-ferris-state-next-1020.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:32:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily Sports Houghton Michigan Tech Miner’s Cup Northern Michigan College Football GLIAC Alex Bueno threw for 268 yards and three touchdowns, Abram Larner caught eight passes for 236 yards and Elliott Larner ran for three scores as the No. 14 Huskies moved to 6-1. NMU freshman Matt Stevens threw for 319 yards in his first start. Michigan Tech’s Kearly Stadium and Sherman Field in Houghton in 2021, in an aerial file photo. It does not show Saturday’s game. Photo: Charlie.snelson / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.Charlie.snelson / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/marquette-travel-world-polio-day-oct-24-polio-walk-pints-for-polio-costume-party-1020.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/marquette-travel-world-polio-day-oct-24-polio-walk-pints-for-polio-costume-party-1020.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:32:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily Michigan Travel Marquette Things to Do World Polio Day Rotary Halloween Three Marquette County Rotary clubs plan a free 11 a.m. walk to the Marquette Regional History Center, a free museum day, brewery fundraisers and an adults-only Halloween costume party, with money raised matched 2-to-1 by the Gates Foundation. An iron lung, the respirator many polio patients depended on in the 1950s, in a CDC file photo. It is not the wooden iron lung at the Marquette Regional History Center. Photo: CDC / Mary Hilpertshauser, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and color-adjusted.CDC / Mary Hilpertshauser, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and color-adjusted. https://themittendaily.com/stories/muskegon-news-dnr-tagged-lake-whitefish-muskegon-river-anglers-report-tags-1020.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/muskegon-news-dnr-tagged-lake-whitefish-muskegon-river-anglers-report-tags-1020.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:32:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily News Muskegon Muskegon River Fishing Lake Whitefish DNR Tagged adult whitefish go into the river in November, with receivers anchored from Croton Dam to Lake Michigan. The DNR asks anglers to release tagged fish, report any they keep and leave the receivers alone. The Muskegon River in Newaygo in November 2024, in a file photo. Photo: Meelar / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted.Meelar / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted. https://themittendaily.com/stories/upper-peninsula-travel-agate-falls-trestle-snowmobile-trail-up8-closed-winter-reroute-1020.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/upper-peninsula-travel-agate-falls-trestle-snowmobile-trail-up8-closed-winter-reroute-1020.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 21:32:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily Michigan Travel Upper Peninsula Snowmobile Agate Falls Ontonagon County DNR Trail Closures The DNR says the 1900 railroad trestle more than 100 feet above the Ontonagon River has compromised footings. Riders will follow a signed detour on trails UP3, UP150 and UP107, and repairs are expected in 2027. Agate Falls on the Middle Branch of the Ontonagon River near Bruce Crossing in October 2006, in a file photo. Photo: James Phelps / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted.James Phelps / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted. https://themittendaily.com/stories/marquette-community-salvation-army-toy-shop-applications-open-1020.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/marquette-community-salvation-army-toy-shop-applications-open-1020.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:07:25 -0400 The Mitten Daily Community Marquette Salvation Army Christmas Families Approved parents shop with a volunteer Dec. 16–17 at NMU’s Northern Center. Bring ID and proof of guardianship, residency and income when you apply. A Salvation Army red kettle at a supermarket in Ypsilanti in December 2011, in a file photo. It is not the Marquette corps. Photo: Dwight Burdette / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted.Dwight Burdette / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted. https://themittendaily.com/stories/sault-ste-marie-community-under-the-radar-michigan-watch-party-del-mar-1020.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/sault-ste-marie-community-under-the-radar-michigan-watch-party-del-mar-1020.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:07:24 -0400 The Mitten Daily Community Sault Ste. Marie Under the Radar Michigan Television Local Business The episode features Fudge Du Locke, Cultured Pop, Yooper Trading Co., the Del-Mar and LSSU’s freshwater research center. Appetizers are free. A view over Sault Ste. Marie toward the Soo Locks in July 2025, in a file photo. Photo: Antony-22 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.Antony-22 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/houghton-community-coat-the-copper-country-hancock-oct-23-24-1020.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/houghton-community-coat-the-copper-country-hancock-oct-23-24-1020.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:07:23 -0400 The Mitten Daily Community Houghton Coat the Copper Country Winter Clothing Volunteers Hancock Families can take two of three big items plus a hat and gloves. Kids’ gloves and men’s boots are among the biggest needs. Quincy Street in downtown Hancock in June 2020, in a file photo. Photo: James Conkis / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.James Conkis / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/traverse-city-news-cherry-capital-airport-west-coast-grant-vote-oct-27-1020.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/traverse-city-news-cherry-capital-airport-west-coast-grant-vote-oct-27-1020.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:07:22 -0400 The Mitten Daily News Traverse City Cherry Capital Airport Air Travel Grants Economic Development The federal money would guarantee an airline’s revenue on a seasonal West Coast route. United has written a letter of support, but no deal is signed. Meanwhile, steel is rising on the $120 million Concourse B. The terminal curbside at Cherry Capital Airport in Traverse City at night in November 2007, in a file photo, years before the current expansion began. Photo: Wikimedia Commons user “my name”, CC BY-SA 3.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.Wikimedia Commons user “my name”, CC BY-SA 3.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/holland-community-downtown-snowmelt-system-how-it-works-winter-guide-1020.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/holland-community-downtown-snowmelt-system-how-it-works-winter-guide-1020.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:07:21 -0400 The Mitten Daily Community Holland Snowmelt Holland BPW Downtown Holland Winter The city says the system pumps more than 4,700 gallons a minute of 95-degree water and can melt about an inch of snow an hour at 20 degrees. Eighth Street in downtown Holland, facing west during Tulip Time in May 2018, in a file aerial photo. Photo: BenHerrera1979 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.BenHerrera1979 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/petoskey-news-bay-rose-street-reconstruction-2027-sewer-water-sidewalks-1020.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/petoskey-news-bay-rose-street-reconstruction-2027-sewer-water-sidewalks-1020.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:07:20 -0400 The Mitten Daily News Petoskey Road Construction Infrastructure Capital Improvements The $1.65 million street project comes with a $430,000 sidewalk job. The city says the pavement rates 1 to 3 on a 10-point scale and the pipes underneath are old and undersized. Road construction in Keene, New Hampshire, in July 2025, in a file photo. It does not show Petoskey. Photo: Artaxerxes / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted.Artaxerxes / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted. https://themittendaily.com/stories/mount-pleasant-news-city-commission-race-nine-candidates-four-seats-early-voting-1020.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/mount-pleasant-news-city-commission-race-nine-candidates-four-seats-early-voting-1020.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:07:19 -0400 The Mitten Daily News Mount Pleasant Elections City Commission Early Voting Mayor Boomer Wingard is among the nine. Early voting runs daily Oct. 24 through Nov. 1, and the City Clerk’s office opens Saturday, Oct. 31, for absentee voting. A voter displays a 2008 Michigan presidential primary ballot in December 2007, in a file photo. It does not show this year’s Mount Pleasant ballot. Photo: Robert Douglass / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.Robert Douglass / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/dearborn-election-schools-1-51-billion-bond-tax-rate-1020.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/dearborn-election-schools-1-51-billion-bond-tax-rate-1020.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:07:18 -0400 The Mitten Daily Election 2026 Dearborn Dearborn Public Schools School Bonds Property Taxes The 3.14-mill levy would build six new preK-8 schools over 20 years. The district says Dearborn homeowners would see no net change, but businesses, landlords and Dearborn Heights homeowners would pay more. Fordson High School on Ford Road, one of the three Dearborn high schools the bond would renovate, in September 2024, in a file photo. Photo: w_lemay / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.w_lemay / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/royal-oak-election-schools-165-million-bond-parks-senior-millages-1020.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/royal-oak-election-schools-165-million-bond-parks-senior-millages-1020.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:07:17 -0400 The Mitten Daily Election 2026 Royal Oak Royal Oak Schools School Bonds Millages The district says the bond would not raise the current 2.20-mill debt rate. The city wants to renew 0.70 mill for parks, forestry and the animal shelter and 0.20 mill for senior services. A sheet of "I Voted" stickers in Alameda County, Calif., in November 2006, in a file photo. Photo: Joe Hall / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted.Joe Hall / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted. https://themittendaily.com/stories/sterling-heights-election-charter-proposals-council-vacancies-purchasing-limit-1020.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/sterling-heights-election-charter-proposals-council-vacancies-purchasing-limit-1020.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:07:16 -0400 The Mitten Daily Election 2026 Sterling Heights City Charter City Council Government Spending One proposal would let voters, not the council, fill seats with two or more years left. The other would raise the spending amount that needs council approval from $5,000, set in 1968, to $50,000. A pile of "I Voted" stickers at a polling place in St. Paul, Minn., in November 2025, in a file photo. Photo: Funknendai / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted.Funknendai / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted. https://themittendaily.com/stories/marquette-community-tom-ranta-veteran-of-the-year-flags-1020.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/marquette-community-tom-ranta-veteran-of-the-year-flags-1020.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:07:15 -0400 The Mitten Daily Community Marquette Veterans Veteran of the Year American Legion The Army and National Guard veteran has led Marquette’s Flags Over Schools program since 2010. His next goal: more flags on neighborhood porches. Flags beside veterans’ graves at the Utah Veterans Memorial Cemetery in November 2015, in a file photo. It is not a Marquette cemetery. Photo: Ronald Bradshaw / Wikimedia Commons, public domain, cropped and color-adjusted.Ronald Bradshaw / Wikimedia Commons, public domain, cropped and color-adjusted. https://themittendaily.com/stories/sault-ste-marie-news-airport-tifa-25-year-extension-approved-1020.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/sault-ste-marie-news-airport-tifa-25-year-extension-approved-1020.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:07:14 -0400 The Mitten Daily News Sault Ste. Marie City Commission Airport Tax Increment Financing The extension adds no new tax. It keeps capturing growth in property taxes inside the district for projects around Sanderson Field. Sault Ste. Marie City Hall at 225 E. Portage Ave. in September 2011, in a file photo. Photo: Andrew Everett from Sault Ste. Marie, MI, USA / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted.Andrew Everett from Sault Ste. Marie, MI, USA / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted. https://themittendaily.com/stories/houghton-community-hancock-hub-237623-grant-boilers-roof-1020.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/houghton-community-hancock-hub-237623-grant-boilers-roof-1020.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:07:13 -0400 The Mitten Daily Community Houghton Hancock Community Hub Copper Shores Nonprofits Camp Josh, Omega House, the Copper Harbor Trails Club and Little Brothers also got capital grants. Hancock seen across the Portage waterway from Houghton in June 2018, in a file photo. Photo: Chris857 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.Chris857 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/traverse-city-news-nmc-maritime-grant-630876-vessel-engines-sonar-1020.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/traverse-city-news-nmc-maritime-grant-630876-vessel-engines-sonar-1020.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:07:12 -0400 The Mitten Daily News Traverse City Northwestern Michigan College Maritime Workforce Training Grants The college says the money will replace the 57-year-old engines on the 56-foot R/V Northwestern and let it own multibeam sonar for seabed mapping for the first time. The Great Lakes Maritime Academy building at Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City in August 2011, in a file photo. Photo: Royalbroil / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.Royalbroil / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/holland-community-rollxscape-skating-center-closing-nov-14-james-street-1020.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/holland-community-rollxscape-skating-center-closing-nov-14-james-street-1020.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:07:11 -0400 The Mitten Daily Community Holland Roller Skating Local Business Things to Do The rink, formerly The Rink and Grand Roller Rink, says buying the building isn’t affordable. It is keeping its normal schedule, parties and rentals until the last day. A roller skating rink building in Portland, Oregon, in April 2018, in a file photo. It does not show RollXscape. Photo: Another Believer / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.Another Believer / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/petoskey-news-municipal-marina-dredging-bear-river-sediment-2027-1020.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/petoskey-news-municipal-marina-dredging-bear-river-sediment-2027-1020.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:07:10 -0400 The Mitten Daily News Petoskey Petoskey Marina Dredging Bear River Boating The city wants slips back to 8.5 to 9 feet deep. Reports put the cost between $273,000 and just under $300,000, split between a DNR grant and the marina’s reserve fund. Petoskey’s municipal marina on Little Traverse Bay in June 2009, in a file photo. Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted.Bobak Ha'Eri / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted. https://themittendaily.com/stories/mount-pleasant-news-cmu-fall-enrollment-13524-international-students-down-1020.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/mount-pleasant-news-cmu-fall-enrollment-13524-international-students-down-1020.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:07:09 -0400 The Mitten Daily News Mount Pleasant Central Michigan University Higher Education Enrollment President Neil MacKinnon blamed visa trouble for losing about 1,000 international students in two years. University leaders say finances remain strong. Warriner Hall at Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant in February 2008, in a file photo. Photo: Cjh1452000 / Wikimedia Commons, public domain, cropped and color-adjusted.Cjh1452000 / Wikimedia Commons, public domain, cropped and color-adjusted. https://themittendaily.com/stories/dearborn-news-capri-italian-bakery-closing-oct-31-after-53-years-1020.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/dearborn-news-capri-italian-bakery-closing-oct-31-after-53-years-1020.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:07:08 -0400 The Mitten Daily News Dearborn Restaurants Small Business Bakeries Closings John and Ronda Errigo opened the shop in 1973. Regulars have about a week and a half left for pepperoni rolls, subs, pizza and cannoli. Cannoli in a bakery box in December 2020, in a file photo. It does not show Capri Italian Bakery. Photo: Quinn Dombrowski / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.Quinn Dombrowski / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/royal-oak-news-center-street-garage-site-proposals-fresard-clock-tower-1020.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/royal-oak-news-center-street-garage-site-proposals-fresard-clock-tower-1020.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:07:07 -0400 The Mitten Daily News Royal Oak Downtown Royal Oak Development Parking Woodward Avenue Ideas for the 1.44-acre garage site are due in December. The 44-foot tower at Woodward and Harrison is coming down eight years after the city first ordered it removed. Downtown Royal Oak near 11 Mile Road and Main Street, looking northeast, in June 2020, in a file photo. Photo: Lrgjr72 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.Lrgjr72 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/stories/sterling-heights-news-clinton-river-road-10-million-rebuild-detours-2027-1020.html https://themittendaily.com/stories/sterling-heights-news-clinton-river-road-10-million-rebuild-detours-2027-1020.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 16:07:06 -0400 The Mitten Daily News Sterling Heights Road Construction Clinton River Road Infrastructure John James Work on 4.5 miles between Canal and Hayes runs two seasons. Northwest-bound drivers detour in the Canal-to-19 Mile and Saal-to-Hayes sections, which reopen for winter. Sterling Heights and neighboring Macomb County communities from the air in July 2012, with the wooded Clinton River corridor winding through, in a file photo. It does not show the road project. Photo: Bjoertvedt / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.Bjoertvedt / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ ), cropped and color-adjusted; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/guides/michigan-halloween-2026.html https://themittendaily.com/guides/michigan-halloween-2026.html Wed, 14 Oct 2026 11:30:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily Guides Michigan Halloween 2026 by region: zoo trick-or-treats, Erebus and other haunted houses, corn mazes, free city events and Oct. 31 tips, checked Oct. 14. Jack-o’-lanterns on a lawn at Greenfield Village in Dearborn during the Halloween season, in a file photo. Photo: VasenkaPhotography / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ ), altered.VasenkaPhotography / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ ), altered. https://themittendaily.com/guides/blue-water-area-fall-2026.html https://themittendaily.com/guides/blue-water-area-fall-2026.html Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:30:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily Guides Port Huron and the Blue Water Area in fall 2026: the Blue Water Bridge, Fort Gratiot Lighthouse, Edison Depot, October events in Port Huron and Marysville, and the river towns. A tanker passes under the Blue Water Bridge on the St. Clair River at Port Huron, in a 2014 photo. Photo: Peter K. / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 ), cropped; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.Peter K. / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 ), cropped; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/guides/mid-michigan-fall-2026.html https://themittendaily.com/guides/mid-michigan-fall-2026.html Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:30:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily Guides Mount Pleasant and Mid-Michigan fall 2026: CMU home games, Pumpkin Promenade Oct. 30, trunk-or-treat, Wild Pumpkin farm, river trails, food and tips. Kelly/Shorts Stadium before Central Michigan’s Halloween night game against Northern Illinois in 2023. Photo: Jackeno99 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 ), altered; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.Jackeno99 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 ), altered; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/guides/the-straits-fall-2026.html https://themittendaily.com/guides/the-straits-fall-2026.html Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:30:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily Guides Straits of Mackinac fall 2026: Mackinac Island Halloween weekend Oct. 23-25, Tunnel of Trees, Mackinaw City and Petoskey events with dates, food and tips. Colonial Michilimackinac in Mackinaw City, seen from above in October 2022. Photo: WMrapids / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 ), altered; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.WMrapids / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 ), altered; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/guides/thumb-coast-fall-2026.html https://themittendaily.com/guides/thumb-coast-fall-2026.html Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:30:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily Guides Thumb Coast fall 2026: M-25 shoreline drive, Port Austin and Caseville Halloween events, Port Sanilac haunted village, markets, food and tips. Turnip Rock off Pointe aux Barques near Port Austin, reachable only by water, in an August 2016 photo. Photo: thumbwind / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 ), altered.thumbwind / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 ), altered. https://themittendaily.com/guides/tri-cities-fall-2026.html https://themittendaily.com/guides/tri-cities-fall-2026.html Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:30:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily Guides Grand Haven, Spring Lake and Ferrysburg fall 2026: Bones About Town, Fall Fest Oct. 24, Rosy Mound and pier walks, apples and mazes, dates and tips. A boardwalk through a dune blowout at Rosy Mound Natural Area in Grand Haven Township, in an October 2006 photo. Photo: Chris Light / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 ), altered; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.Chris Light / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0 ), altered; derivative under the same ShareAlike license. https://themittendaily.com/guides/up-north-fall-2026.html https://themittendaily.com/guides/up-north-fall-2026.html Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:30:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily Guides Up North Michigan fall 2026: color drives on M-22 and M-37, Sleeping Bear Dunes, Leelanau wine events, Boyne City markets, Halloween dates and tips. Fall color around Glen Lake and M-109, looking toward Sleeping Bear Bay from Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, in an October 2006 photo. Photo: Nick Nolte / Wikimedia Commons, public domain.Nick Nolte / Wikimedia Commons, public domain. https://themittendaily.com/guides/upper-peninsula-fall-2026.html https://themittendaily.com/guides/upper-peninsula-fall-2026.html Tue, 13 Oct 2026 16:30:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily Guides Upper Peninsula fall 2026: last Pictured Rocks cruises Oct. 18, Tahquamenon and Porkies color, Marquette Halloween, food, family picks and tips. Fall color above the cliffs at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, in an October 2019 National Park Service photo. Photo: NPS / Wikimedia Commons, public domain.NPS / Wikimedia Commons, public domain. https://themittendaily.com/guides/traverse-city-fall.html https://themittendaily.com/guides/traverse-city-fall.html Tue, 13 Oct 2026 14:30:00 -0400 The Mitten Daily Guides Traverse City fall 2026: color tours on Old Mission and M-22, wineries and cider, orchards, Halloween and November events with dates, food, lodging and tips. Vineyards on Old Mission Peninsula above Grand Traverse Bay. Photo: stanthejeep / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ ), altered; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.stanthejeep / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.5 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/ ), altered; derivative under the same ShareAlike license.