Michigan orchards cut down on u-pick this season due to an apple shortage.

With apples comes delicious apple cider, and there are several cider mills and orchards in the Mitten that have been around for more than 100 years.

"Live in the D" talked with one of the owners of Westview Orchards.

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This year, Washtenaw County community members can visit its family-friendly daytime fair and spooky night-time terrors.

CHARLOTTE, Mich. Fruit growers are assessing the damage on their orchards after temperatures plunged below freezing in south-central and southwest Michigan, threatening tender blooms on apple, peach and other fruit trees. Last weekends morning freeze was the worst of its type since one that hit the area in May 2002, according to the Lansing State Journal. Cold, dry air blowing in from Canada dropped temperatures into the low- to mid-20s for nearly nine hours, according to the Lansing State Journal. We won't realize the extent of the damage until maybe next week, said Audrey Sebolt, a horticultural specialist with the Michigan Farm Bureau. Sebolt noted that though insurance won't totally replace fruit that was lost, it will provide an economic safety net.