Ideal day for a lakesidde deck lunch, though not for this hapless insect that checked out Mike's on the River, but can never leave the spider web that snared it.
"When you're 6’8, adjustments need to be made," the lieutenant governor posts Thursday morning on social media with this shot of an interview at the U.P. State Fair in Escanaba by Grace Blair of WLUC-TV (Nagaunee).
The newcomer opened today on the first floor of a corner building at Main Street and 11 Mile where Bella Limone previously operated upstairs.
Detroit born and raised, Jerome Vaughn has spent 34 years at the public radio station, where he got to tell the real stories of his hometown. He has been an intern, producer, reporter, senior news editor, assistant news director and spent over 20 years as news director.
The Griswold Street newcomer serves Detroit-style pizza, mozzarella sticks, chicken wings and chicken tenders. It has 80 seats inside on two levels and a 50-seat patio.
>As copper mining declined across the western Upper Peninsula, Ruppe prioritized transitioning the region toward timber production, light manufacturing and tourism. . . . He defended the maritime economy by securing federal funding for icebreakers to extend winter navigation seasons, directly benefiting U.P. ports, iron ore transport and manufacturing supply lines.
Chef Andrew Stevick rigged a shopping cart into a grill that he fires up on most Thursdays from 7 p.m. until late night at Bumbo’s Bar in Hamtramck.
"The energy his pop-up brings . . . feels like a thriving nightlife scene you'd expect in cities and countries overseas with a more robust embrace of nighttime economy and culture," posts Ryan Patrick Hooper, who raves about "the best food I've had in the city this year."
Staff and patients of the sites in Lansing, Livonia and Warren were notified Thursday.
The nonprofit provider of medical services and education to nearly 60,000 Michiganians each year now has seven clinics in the state, down from 14 in recent years.
>Dana Nessel is suing the owner of nine nursing homes in southeastern and central Michigan.
The nine-home chain, she said, received millions of Medicaid dollars for resident care, even as residents languished.
>The Dallas Morning News is one of a number of news organizations across the country using Reddit — and a newsroom tool called Reddit Pro for publishers — to expand reach and become a more accessible community resource.
-- Poynter Institute
From two Threads posts by J.M. Bask (Jessica Bask) of North Carolina, a fantasy/horror author with a booth at the ninth annual Festival of Books in three Easteren Market sheds:
>In Detroit for the night.
>This city is gorgeous and weird and the people drive on the interstate like they all want to die in a fiery wreck and there are beautiful murals on every corner
>I love it.
>I love Detroit even more.
>We walked nearly a mile back to our hotel. People were cruising with music blaring, beautiful men and women dressed to the nines, laughing, talking.
>I never felt that safe walking downtown at night back in Charlotte.
>Everyone is nice and friendly. People complimented my daughter, my son in the elevator.
>This city is so lively.
These watch parties have become bigger than the game itself, Ryan Patrick Hooper posts at Midbrow, a projecct of the nonprofit Online Journalism Project.
Two city council members and Police Commissioner Victoria Camille accuse ICE and Department of Homeland Security agents of endangering Detroiters during pursuits in May and June.
>They want federal immigration agents to stop high-speed chases through residential neighborhoods after two recent pursuits left two immigrants seriously injured and damaged a resident’s property.
-- Metro Times
Homies Donuts expects to open by early August on Michigan Avenue, west of the Henry Ford Museum and downtown Dearborn.
It began in Montreal and expanded to New York last December and Toronto in April.
A concrete mixing plant has transformed Cadillac Heights on the northeast side and contributed to the demolition of many homes, Bridge Detroit reports in partnership with ProPublica.
At least 16 homeowners have sold their properties to a real estate firm owned by the Moroun family.
>Evelyn Richardson, also known as Miss Pee Wee, is living proof of how just one person can make a difference. As she prepares to mark her 98th birthday July 7, let’s celebrate her dedication to the city and neighborhood.
-- Dan Austin https://historicdetroit.substack.com/p/how-a-detroit-hero-fought-poverty
Journalists do not randomly sample the population when they’re deciding who to speak with, so some groups may have more opportunities than others to interact with local media.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/06/29/which-americans-are-most-likely-to-have-spoken-with-a-local-journalist/
>Almost all online news growth is coming from third-party sources, and publishers' own sites and apps are being left behind.
-- 2026 Digital News Report from Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, via Nieman Lab
>There are hopeful signs that the trade of journalism is resurgent simply because many consumers prefer what it offers — true statements, hard questions — to the alternative . . . boring propaganda and endless podcasts.
— Ben Smith, Semafor newsletter co-founder and editor-in-chief