From studios in the BIC Center on America’s Emerald Isle, this is the WVBI Community Calendar for Friday, July 30th, 2021.  First some news…   New traffic stop policies being adopted by some local prosecutors are raising concern for a Michigan Police Association.  M-Live is reporting this morning that the policy of concern—adopted by the […]

From studios in the BIC Center on America’s Emerald Isle, this is the WVBI Community Calendar for Wednesday, July 28th, 2021.  First some news…   There was a bad accident yesterday afternoon on main street just outside the ferry dock gates.  There are no official reports yet, but witnesses said a forklift struck a pedestrian […]

  From studios in the BIC Center on America’s Emerald Isle, this is the WVBI Community Calendar for Tuesday, July 27th, 2021.  First some news…   We had a blast of heavy rain last evening on the island—an inch or more in less than in hour in some places—along with some blustery winds that have […]

From studios in the BIC Center on America’s Emerald Isle, this is the WVBI Community Calendar for Monday, July 26th, 2021.  First some news…   Michigan environmental regulators have ordered Enbridge energy to retrieve a 15-thousand pound anchor from the lakebed in the straits. Enbridge says the stray anchor became detached when a barge being […]

  From studios in the BIC Center on America’s Emerald Isle, this is the WVBI Community Calendar for Friday, July 23rd, 2021.  First some news…   As stories about rising case rates and new mask mandates buzz from around the world and the nation, Michigan has among the lowest case rates in the U-S. ranking […]

From studios in the BIC Center on America’s Emerald Isle, this is the WVBI Community Calendar for Wednesday, July 21st, 2021.  First some news…   The island’s Joint Telecommunications Advisory Committee is working on behalf of the townships and with the B-I-A to complete a broadband survey on the island.  The data collected will be […]

From studios in the BIC Center on America’s Emerald Isle, this is the WVBI Community Calendar for Tuesday, July 20th, 2021.  First some news…   Folks turned out in force for the first Museum Week Music on the Porch session in two years.  The street was full of islanders and the porch full of music […]

From studios in the BIC Center on America’s Emerald Isle, this is the WVBI Community Calendar for Monday, July 19th, 2021.  First some news…   Mackinac Bridge was shut down yesterday for about three hours because of a bomb threat.  The shutdown came at about 2:15, and the webcam feed that we feature on the […]

From studios in the BIC Center on America’s Emerald Isle, this is the WVBI Community Calendar for Friday, July 16th, 2021.  Michigan’s June job numbers are out, but they are nothing to write home from summer camp about.  They show unemployment pretty much unchanged with 300,000 people still looking for work.  That’s been the case […]