Saturday, October 3, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1980, Somewhere in Time, starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour, opened in theaters nationwide. Filmed largely at Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel, it won over moviegoers, if not critics, and the hotel still hosts a Somewhere in Time Weekend every October. Carhartt is opening its first […]

Friday, October 2, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1873, workers laid the cornerstone of Michigan’s third and current State Capitol in Lansing, drawing crowds that overwhelmed the young city. The cast-iron-domed statehouse was dedicated in 1879 and still stands today. Hungry for a bargain? Nearly 80 Lansing-area restaurants are serving up special deals […]

Thursday, October 1, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1908, Ford introduced the Model T, the car that would help transform American transportation. The company would build some 15 million of them by 1927. A massive Michigan infrastructure project just hit the halfway mark in its final phase. The new Soo Lock will require […]

Wednesday, September 30, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1945, Hank Greenberg hit a ninth-inning grand slam on the season’s final day to clinch the American League pennant for the Tigers. He’d been back from four years of military service for just three months. Fall on Mackinac Island is about to get a little […]

Tuesday, September 29, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1908, the first official Northwestern Michigan Fair opened its gates. Admission was just 25 cents a day, and more than a century later, the fair still celebrates Northern Michigan’s agricultural heritage every summer. A long-abandoned Northern Michigan ski resort is getting a second act as […]

Monday, September 28, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1912, Muskegon High School beat Hastings High 216-0, setting what was then the national high school football record for points scored in a game. Captain Fred Jacks scored nine touchdowns by himself. Michigan students spent three years turning a school project into a feature-length documentary, […]

Sunday, September 27, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1908, the first Model T built for sale was completed at Ford’s Piquette Avenue Plant in Detroit. Just 11 were built that October, but the plant turned out the first 12,000 before Ford moved production to Highland Park. In case you missed it on The Flyover […]

Saturday, September 26, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1981, Serena Williams was born in Saginaw. She grew up in Compton, California, where she started playing tennis at age 4, and went on to win 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most of the Open era. Hikers on the North Country Trail spotted three […]

Friday, September 25, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1926, Michigan’s Ford Motor Company announced the five-day, 40-hour workweek. Henry Ford’s move gave factory workers a two-day weekend and helped make it the American standard. A bag of family photos from the 1940s turned up along I-275, and now Wayne County road crews are […]

Thursday, September 24, 2026 Good Morning! On this day in 1817, Detroit laid the cornerstone for a school called the Catholepistemiad, a jaw-breaking name that meant “School of Universal Knowledge.” It later moved to Ann Arbor and became the University of Michigan. More than 70,000 broad-winged hawks have swept over southeast Michigan in the past […]