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Christy Hester of Twin Lake turned her late husband's glasses into a snowman ornament.

Michigan Life How One Woman’s Holiday Ornament Encapsulates All of the Grief of 2020

A teacher from Twin Lake lost her husband in January, and a pandemic upended her mourning. But she’s found beauty in this dark year, and commemorated it in a touching way.

Katelyn Kivel December 23, 2020 1:58 pm EST

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FILE - In this Saturday, April 11, 2020 file photo, Rev. Timothy Pelc blesses Easter baskets outside St. Ambrose Church in Grosse Pointe Park, Mich. Pelc, wearing church vestments and protective gear, offered a prayer and sprayed holy water from a squirt gun instead of blessing baskets inside the church in a bid to maintain social distancing during the coronavirus pandemic. (Natalie White via AP)

Coronavirus The Story of the Metro Detroit Priest Blessing His Flock With a Holy Water Squirt Gun

This priest is giving out drive-by blessings, because social distancing, of course.

Ellen Chamberlain May 18, 2020 11:51 am EDT

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Photo via Leelanau Historical Society Museum Facebook

Michigan Life A Shipwreck Just Washed Ashore Lake Michigan — And Legend Says It Was Sacked By A Pirate

This otherwise quiet Lake Michigan beach is now the site of a 250-year-old shipwreck and a Michigan mystery.

Ellen Chamberlain May 7, 2020 11:29 am EDT

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Upper left corner, Nichole Bass-Hawk, lower left corner, Talaya Bates and mother, Sholanda Knott-Johnson, upper right corner, Alicia Howell, lower right, Audra Carson.

Coronavirus How to Survive a Pandemic: Lessons from Detroit’s Black Women to the Nation

Detroit knows crisis and these women know resilience.

Ber-Henda Williams April 15, 2020 12:34 pm EDT