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Celebrate Valentine's Day the Michigan Way

Here's a whole ton of Valentine's Day ideas. YOU probably have some other ideas - share them in the comments or right here or on our Facebook! Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart. - Confucius by Church of One Next Tuesday, February…
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Google Search Stories: Ypsilanti's SolarYpsi Project

YouTube and Google have a feature called "Search Stories" about people who are using Google's search to find new ways of doing things. One of the people they profile is Dave Strenski of Ypsilanti, who you can learn more about in the video below. Dave…
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The Daily Michigan: Tropical Love Valentine's Day Box

Our good friends at Grocer's Daughter Chocolate in Empire are another of our featured partners for The Daily Michigan. Their chocolates are all-natural and contain many organic and other naturally grown ingredients, many grown in the garden…
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The Daily Michigan: Two tickets to the Winter Traverse City Microbrew & Music Festival

Today's offering in The Daily Michigan is a pair of tickets to the 3rd Annual Winter Traverse City Microbrew & Music Festival (must be 21 to win). The festival has so much to offer that probably the best thing we can do is give…
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Fly High at the Pine Mountain Ski Jumping Tournament

Every year the Kiwanis Ski Club in Iron Mountain holds the Pine Mountain Continental Cup Ski Jumping Competition, one of the best tournaments in the United world. The first competition was held in 1939, making 2012 is the 73rd annual. The…
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The Daily Michigan: 5# of Dried Cherries from Cherry Republic

Here's the first of our new The Daily Michigan features, and one of our readers will win 5 pounds of tart cherries! All you need to do to be eligible is to let us know you want to win. We hope you'll sign up to receive our daily email (Monday…
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Michigan and the Super Bowl

Here's the most Michigany commercial - Chrysler's Halftime in America spot: While there's nowhere near the degree of Michigan hype this year as there was in 2006 when Detroit hosted Super Bowl XL, we have a few points of Michigan interest…
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February Michigan Event Calendar

Iron Works #2 - Cranbrook by MikeRyu Our Michigan February Event Calendar shows that the more the weather tries to keep us holed up, the more ways we find to get out and have fun!! Of course, there's still many, many more and we invite you…
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What's great about the Great Lakes State?

Michigan officially became a state on January 26, 1837 which was a Thursday as well! Many (many) more fun facts at #Mich175 = Happy 175th Birthday Michigan!! on Michigan in Pictures. We continue our Michigan's 175th Birthday Bash giveaway…
Boarder at Boyne courtesy Boyne Mountain
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Absolute Michigan Giveaway: Boyne Mountain & Boyne Highlands Ski Tickets

All January we have been giving away ski tickets to Michigan resorts in our January Ski Month Giveaway. Our last giveaway is to one of the pioneering ski resorts in Michigan. boyne highlands lodge by northernlightphotograph Boyne Mountain…
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See Detroit Rockers Sponge at the Emerald Theatre

One of the items in our Michigan's 175th Birthday Bash Giveaway is a pair of tickets to see Sponge! Just sign up for our email list if you're not already on it in the blue box at the bottom of the page! Detroit's beloved rock sons - Sponge…
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Seeking Michigan: Michigan's "Birth Certificate" Comes Home

By LeRoy Barnett, Michigan History Magazine and courtesy Seeking Michigan and the Archives of Michigan. The goal of Seeking Michigan is simple: to connect you to the stories of this great state. Visit them regularly for a dynamic & evolving…