Most Mackinac Island businesses close for the winter, but it's nearly time for them to reopen. Here's what to know in 2025.

The National Weather Service issued an updated winter storm watch at 3:03 p.m. EDT on Thursday valid from Friday 2 p.m. EDT ...

For example, you can spend a day on Mackinac Island. While Mackinac gets crowded during the summer, it's quiet and idyllic during the winter, and it has more shops and restaurants than Les Cheneaux.

On Thursday at 11:05 a.m. EST an updated winter storm ... across Beaver Island and Emmet, Cheboygan, and Presque Isle counties; 6 to 9 inches of snow possible across all of Mackinac and Chippewa ...

Today, we hear from Dominick Miller, chief of marketing at the Mackinac State Historic Parks, about how the island deals with snow and ice in the winter without laying down a single grain of salt.

During the season ... Where do the horses go in the winter? "Horses from Mackinac Island Carriage Tours spend the winter at Carriage Tours Farms in Pickford, near the eastern edge of Michigan ...