Many of the university’s more than 8,000 international students will not return home this Thanksgiving, Nov. 27, unlike their peers from Michigan and neighboring states.

It’s not rare for Michigan to see snow for the holiday of feasts. Will this blizzard beat the record? Here’s the greatest snow depth ever recorded on Thanksgiving in Michigan.

According to AAA, Thanksgiving is the busiest travel period of all American holidays, with Sunday and Monday after the holiday the busiest time to travel back home.

Strong winds gusting to 50 mph combined with heavy snow are creating whiteout conditions and making travel extremely hazardous.

More than 2.3 million Michiganders are expected to hit the road for Thanksgiving, according to AAA. That means many people will be fueling up on Wednesday.

On the eve of Thanksgiving, as millions of Americans packed highways across Michigan and the Great Lakes, meteorologists at the National Weather Service in Marquette tracked a rare and dangerous convergence of winter storms.

Two systems could disrupt Thanksgiving travel in West Michigan with strong winds and accumulating snow, impacting travel and creating hazardous conditions.

Significant power outages are reported across northern Michigan.Wexford County experiencing the most disruptions, affecting abo

On Tuesday night, people across West Michigan headed to their local grocery stores to stock up on last minute items ahead of Thanksgiving and winter weather. (Nov. 25, 2025)

A winter storm tracking from the Dakotas and Minnesota on Tuesday to Wisconsin and Michigan on Wednesday will also affect parts of Illinois, Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York on Thanksgiving Day.