It's a scene that leaves many in awe. Ice shards, glittering a hue of blue, rip from the Straits of Mackinac's frozen water. This natural phenomenon attracts locals, tourists and photographers ...

The vibrant pieces of ice that look blue to the eye don’t happen every year. But when they do happen - and when they last a long time - it’s been known to spark a mini tourism boom from those ...

Several years later, the creamery began making ice cream, too, which it delivered via horse-drawn wagons, and in 1930 the company changed its name to Blue Bell Creameries.