Historians, dressed in 19th century clothing, teach visitors at the annual Maple Syrup Festival how pioneers made maple sugar.

Area residents and Greenpeace activists unfurled a banner during rush hour in downtown Monroe Thursday afternoon to try to urge greater congressional action to curb global warming.

Professional ice sculptors Ted Wakar and Tajana Raukar visited Monroe to sculpt ice in Loranger Squar as part of Monroe's Ice Harvest Festival

Mayor Cappuccilli puts the cap on 14 years as mayor of Monroe, and he freely admits that he might miss the job more than it misses him.

Ken Wickenheiser, owner of the hotel, held an open house after spending more than a year renovating the former City Hotel that was a condemned building in downtown Monroe. He has since transformed the building at 109 W. Front St. to an upscale 11-room boutique hotel.

River Raisin Centre for the Arts dance director Kellie Lajiness tells her students "they have four instruments on their feet: two toe taps and two heel taps. It's about making music.".