by Courtney Jerome | Feb 28, 2020 | Counties, Live Here, Towns
Initially Dr. Jennifer Emmons planned to practice family medicine. But something happened when she was in med school. She did something she had never done before and it absolutely affected her ambitions—she read an entire textbook. About the heart. “I was just so...
by Joe Evancho | Feb 27, 2020 | Counties, Food & Drink, History, Towns, Up North Essays
It’s a quirky rite of passage at a historic Northern Michigan restaurant. This is why everyone started kissing the moose at Sleder’s Family Tavern in Traverse City. Sleder’s Family Tavern has been a Traverse City landmark for 138 years. During that time,...
by Emily Oakes | Feb 27, 2020 | Counties, Outdoors, Towns
Nub’s Nob is taking down its beloved blue chairlift—and you can buy a chair. Dear Nub’s Nob Skiers & Snowboarders, All of us at Nub’s Nob love the Blue chairlift. The Blue is the shortest lift that accesses our popular front side terrain. Many of...
by Emily Oakes | Feb 27, 2020 | Counties, Events, Towns
The Inn at Bay Harbor is welcoming spring with a celebration of blooms! Visit the resort March 13–14 and join Kalin Sheick, an award-winning Northern Michigan floral designer and owner of Sweetwater Floral in Petoskey. Guests will create their own floral centerpiece,...
by Emily Oakes | Feb 27, 2020 | Events
Experience intimate concerts, hit plays, local dinners, a massive festival, St. Patrick’s Day fun and more at these Northern Michigan events in March. WINTER CONCERT | March 1 The Northern Michigan Brass Band is a 28-piece, British-style brass band, and...
by Kara Jarvis | Feb 26, 2020 | Counties, Vacation
Wayfarer Lodgings near Frankfort, Michigan, remains a popular Northern Michigan vacation getaway just minutes away from Lake Michigan and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Wayfarer Lodgings welcomes guests to experience bygone days in one of its quaint, retro...
by Lissa Edwards | Feb 26, 2020 | Counties, Towns
In 2008 Dr. Kathleen Sawhill and Dr. Sandy Leahy combined their many years of experience to form Hearing Solutions of Northwest Michigan—a partnership that works to tailor hearing solutions to each client in a thoughtful, caring manner. New research is showing a link...
by Kandace Chapple | Feb 26, 2020 | Counties, Live Here, Towns
“One of the most common procedures that bring patients to our office are those who have developed severe blockages in the carotid arteries,” says Dr. Richard Sheppek, Vascular Surgeon at McLaren Northern Michigan in Petoskey. “When this plaque builds...
by Jodee Taylor | Feb 25, 2020 | Events, Towns
The National Writers Series is welcoming author Peter Heller to the City Opera House stage. The Traverse City event is set for Thursday, March 5. Heller is a longtime contributor to NPR, and a former contributing editor at Outside Magazine, Men’s Journal and...
