Five weeks ago, Jenn Gibbons set off on 1,500-mile solo rowing journey around Lake Michigan to raise money for breast cancer survivors, blogging along the way about life on the water. Police said someone following her well-chronicled voyage from a distance may have used the information to do her harm.

Industry groups say early predictions of a bad year for fruit crops in Michigan's northwestern Lower Peninsula are coming true.

Northern Michigan's tart cherry crop is in jeopardy as a spring chill froze buds that appeared during the unusual warm spell in March, farmers and industry leaders said.

Authorities said a 300-year-old violin valued at $20,000 that was stolen from a Traverse City home has been recovered by police.