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Michigan's top-rated lakeside motel is a retro getaway with cozy vibes and vintage charm

This former 1960s inn has transformed into an adorable women-led lakeside motel with strong community spirit, local art, and ...
Traverse

A Retro Revival: Bear Lake’s 1960s Motel Returns as a Vibrant Social Hub

Welcome all! Driving down a dream to revive a 1962 roadside motel, Marta Turnbull’s radiant free spirit and purposeful inclusivity is along for the ride, quickly elevating this quiet lake town to ...
MLive

Sleeping Bear historian explores the Indigenous history of Michigan’s islands

GLEN HAVEN, MI -- Many Michiganders are familiar with the Anishinaabe story of a mother bear who swam across Lake Michigan with her two cubs. But not as many are familiar with the daily lives of the ...
Detroit Free Press

Visiting Sleeping Bear Dunes? Where to camp near the national lakeshore

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore offers campgrounds, sandy dunes and beaches along Lake Michigan shores. The surrounding area of northwest Michigan features a variety of private campgrounds.
MLive

Bear Lake’s Sam Mullet becomes first 8-player Detroit Lions Coach of the Week

Sam Mullet can add another first to her coaching resume. Mullet, the Bear Lake varsity football head coach, became the first 8-player football coach to earn Detroit Lions High School Coach of the Week ...