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The Michigan Challenge Balloonfest is an annual hot air balloon festival established in 1985 and held in Howell, Michigan during the last weekend of June. [1] The event draws crowds from all over Michigan and its surrounding states, with attendance often topping 100,000 over the three-day weekend.
Howell is the largest city and county seat of Livingston County, Michigan. [4] As of the 2020 census , the city had a population of 10,068. The city is mostly surrounded by Howell Township , but the two are administered autonomously.
The Howell Downtown Historic District is located in the central business district of the city, and incorporates parts of nine city blocks as well as the courthouse square. The district encompasses about fourteen acres, and includes sixty building, of which forty-six contribute to the historic significance of the district.
After simmering for years, the tug-of-war between Howell’s 100-plus farmers and township officials over the right to hold events is boiling over.
Get the Howell, MI local weather forecast by the hour and the next 10 days.
The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus is a daily newspaper published in Howell, Michigan and owned by Gannett. [2] It covers news and sports within Livingston County and had offices in both Howell and Brighton. The Brighton office closed in December 2008. Its printing facility is located in Howell Township. It publishes every day, except ...
Howell Township is a civil township of Livingston County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 7,893 at the 2020 census , [ 3 ] up from 6,702 at the 2010 census . [ 4 ] The township is bordered on the southeast by the city of Howell , but the two are administered autonomously.
The news wires picked up the story of the beauty queen and the Howell melons, earning front-page stories in the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times, and "that's how the Howell melon got famous", according to Dr. Louis May, organizer of the first festival. [1] The festival is now managed by the Howell Area Parks and Recreation Authority.