PETOSKEY — On June 28, 1965, Gov. George Romney signed a bill naming the Petoskey stone as Michigan's official state stone. This Petoskey stone was found in Bayfront Park in Petoskey. The stone, which ...

Northern Michigan Voices is a series by 9&10 News reporter Olivia Fellows in which she interviews a person in the community about a story or experience from their life. Everyone has an interesting ...

These chunks of fossilized coral keep us enchanted—and endlessly searching. If you’re from Michigan, you understand the lure of the Petoskey stone. When rock hunting along Lake Michigan’s shoreline ...

With a few weeks left until fall weather makes beachcombing uncomfortable, many are out along northern Michigan beaches looking for Petoskey stones. But people often find Charlevoix stones, which look ...

Michigan has a pet rock, and it is called the Petoskey stone. This is not an ethnic joke; it is Michigan`s version of romancing the stone. Though the fad in pet rocks has come and gone elsewhere, ...

DETROIT — Three days after a man hauled a 93-pound fossilized coral stone out of Lake Michigan, state officials are still looking to speak with him. Michigan law prohibits removing more than 25 pounds ...