"What's at stake, here, is the clash between private land ownership and public access," a local expert on water law and policy said.

One man’s walk along the Lake Michigan shoreline has turned into a legal battle about where private property lines along the beach end and where public access begins. For ...

HAMLIN TOWNSHIP, MI – Sugar maple. Red maple. Silver maple. What’s the difference? Those three maple species are part of the “tree identification pathway” at Ludington State Park, near Ludington. This ...