Two beer gardens in Michigan are in the running for the USA Today Readers' Choice Award for Best Beer Garden.

An annual festival hosted by the Suttons Bay Chamber of Commerce is all set for this weekend.

LEELANAU COUNTY, Mich – While many businesses took a hit this summer due to the ongoing pandemic. that wasn’t the case for several Northern Michigan wineries. “We’ve had the best June, July and August in the tasting room that we’ve ever had here," said Mike Laing, Director of MAWBYness in Suttons Bay. “I think people were excited to get out, get outside and see vineyards and wide-open spaces and up north -- we have that," Laing said. "Maybe they’re lingering longer, so we’re seeing customers who are here are spending more, staying longer.”MORE: Reopening Michigan

SUTTONS BAY, Mich. – A northern Michigan county official was heard using a racial slur prior to a public meeting to describe African Americans in Detroit whom he blamed for spreading the coronavirus in the state. Road Commission Chair Bob Joyce told Eckerle that he couldn’t say that, to which Eckerle responded: “I can say anything I want. Black Lives Matter has everything to do with taking the country away from us.”Joyce later rebuked Eckerle a second time. “There’s just no room for that kind of language here,” Joyce told the Leelanau newspaper. "This type of racial slur is flat-out unacceptable and ignorant.

A lucky Michigan Lottery player is waking up a multi-millionaire after winning Saturday night's $80 million Powerball jackpot. The lucky player's winning ticket matched all of the winning numbers 01-09-22-36-68 and the Powerball 22. Saturday's big win marks the fourth time a Michigan player has won the Powerball jackpot since the state began offering the game in 2010. The last Michigan player to win the Powerball jackpot was Julie Leach, of Three Rivers. Lawson's jackpot win holds the record for the largest Lottery prize ever paid in Michigan.