BAY PORT, MI — During a family trip to a fish festival in Bay Port years ago, Mike Snyder came across a historical marker planted alongside M-25, almost by accident. “Great Fire of 1881” the ...

“Great Fire of 1881” the marker read, followed by a 90-word summation of one of the deadliest — perhaps the deadliest — fire events in Michigan history. Snyder is a historian who knows a ...

He said the fire was able to spread so quickly because of strong winds, which were blowing at speeds of up to 45 mph near ...

And the other was the Great Michigan Fire, which covered about 2.5 million acres across Michigan, from Holland and Manistee to Port Huron. The Peshtigo fire is considered by a wide margin to be ...

When a great thing is happening, you can’t wait to show others who might be interested. That’s the spirit behind Fire Up For ...

It’s time to take heed and assessment. While It’s been over a century, the “Great Michigan Fire” burned 2.5 million acres in 1871. Making it the third-largest wildfire in U.S. history.

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Tom Izzo is one win away from passing Bob Knight for the most Big Ten wins of all-time, but he missed his chance to do so ...

Multiple departments responded to a business fire in Grant Thursday evening. The Newaygo County Sheriff’s Office says ...