MUSKEGON, MI – Move over Punxsutawney Phil, there’s a new weather-predicting rodent coming for the spotlight. For more than 130 years, Punxsutawney Phil, a groundhog in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, has ...

I think I first heard of muskrats when The Captain and Tennille released their plaintive 1976 hit “Muskrat Love.” The pop duo was not the first to sing the song: three years earlier, “Muskrat Love” ...

PIERSON, Mich. -- High demand for fur in Asian markets means one thing for Michigan trappers — muskrat love. Asian countries are buying raw material for fur garments from Michigan trappers, and ...

MONROE, Mich. (AP) – Most of the menu read like a typical buffet, with soup, salad, turkey, pork and potatoes. But the first offering at the annual Muskrat Dinner in Michigan was distinctive: a pot of ...

PIERSON (AP) - High demand for fur in Asian markets means one thing for Michigan trappers - muskrat love. Asian countries are buying raw material for fur garments from Michigan trappers, and muskrats ...

FILE -- Ben Ochsenkehl of Midland and his grandfather Ron Gotham of Buena Vista Township trap muskrat in a section of Crow Island State Game Area along M-13 in Zilwaukee Township. They have been ...

A group of Michigan residents are dining on Muskrat, which they consider a local delicacy. The Alogonquin Club of Detroit and Windsor holds a muskrat dinner once a year. (March 1) 26,674 people played ...

MUSKEGON, MI - Muskrat Fierce Frank saw his shadow Tuesday - and the crowd rejoiced for eight more weeks of summer. The fierce-looking taxidermy muskrat is here to rival Punxsatawney Phil as a new ...