by WVBI | Nov 6, 2025 | Featured Post, Island Currents, News
Work supported by the Rural Readiness Grant awarded to your BIA continues this week with a team from Advanced Communications & Data (ACD), a Lansing-based ISP, working to finalize a plan for an Island-wide fiber to the home and business. “The grant funds...
by WVBI | Sep 16, 2025 | Island Currents, News
Scientists are weighing what they call a “Noah’s Ark” strategy to save Michigan’s collapsing whitefish populations. Once abundant in lakes Michigan and Huron, whitefish have plummeted as invasive zebra and quagga mussels have transformed the lakes. Quagga mussels now...
by WVBI | Sep 15, 2025 | Featured Post, News
Island birding expert Pam Grassmick reports that the fall migration of birds is now underway, with thousands of species making their way south along the Great Lakes flyway. Most of this remarkable journey happens at night, when cooler air helps birds conserve energy...
by WVBI | Sep 12, 2025 | News
Michigan celebrated another milestone Friday in building the Iron Belle Trail, the state’s signature 2,000-mile route stretching from Detroit’s riverfront all the way to Ironwood in the western Upper Peninsula. A ribbon cutting on Belle Isle opened a new 5.8-mile...
by WVBI | Sep 8, 2025 | News
The Irish Féile drew full-house crowds who enjoyed a weekend packed with music, dancing, and cultural traditions, despite weather that disrupted travel and forced multiple schedule changes. Friday’s boat cancellation, along with periods of rain and gusty winds,...
by Kevin Boyle | Aug 20, 2025 | Featured Post, News
Yesterday, those on the island relying on TDS for phone and internet service were cut off from the world once again—no phone, no internet, and no 9‑1‑1 access—from approximately 8:00 a.m. until 9:15 p.m. The 18-hour blackout left the community incommunicado. There was...
