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A new report highlighting four Northern Michigan counties shows business and local government leaders are concerned about a lack of attainable workforce housing in the region. The Northern Lakes Economic Alliance is a nonprofit economic development organization covering Antrim, Charlevoix, Emmet, and Cheboygan counties. Bi-yearly, they release their Economic Pulse Report, where they survey business leaders and local government officials across the four counties.
Michigan gardeners are making a difference for monarch butterflies. A recent migration count offers an encouraging reminder.
Strong Canadian Shield high pressure drives a colder airmass to Upper Michigan through the end of the work week, working with the warm surface waters of the Great Lakes to produce the U.P.’s first extended lake effect snow event of the fall season. First Alert Weather Days take effect...
SAGINAW, Mich. (WNEM) - We’ve had plenty of rain showers going back into Wednesday, but now some snow showers are expected to be added to the mix later tonight. Although this is not expected to be a big deal for many, we will need to watch where any lake-effect snow bands set up as these bands could have more intense snowfall rates, which could allow for better accumulation, and at times, low visibility.
Gov.-elect Jocelyn Benson is advocating for a $60,000 starting teacher salary. Average teacher starting pay in Michigan ranks 45th in the nation. The Michigan Education Association says pay should be raised but for all people who work in schools. The state’s largest teachers union is not fully on board with...
All five Michigan stores are holding closing sales. If you’ve got a Children’s Place gift card tucked away, you have through Dec. 12 to use it.
Coachella 2027 will feature three performers with Michigan ties, including the Queen of Pop herself, Madonna. The Coachella music festival dropped its 2027 lineup on Tuesday, Nov. 10, and Madonna, 68, who hails from Bay City, will hit the stage on April 9 and April 16, 2027. The star recently performed at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards at which she earned seven awards.
After enduring two punishing years of disease-driven flock losses and razor-thin margins, Michigan turkey growers are finally seeing relief on their balance sheets. Stronger wholesale prices, brisk domestic consumption and surging exports have lifted farm-level returns across the Great Lakes State in 2026. Yet according to a new economic analysis...
This story originally appeared in Encore Magazine Nov. 1. It is republished here as part of the Southwest Michigan Journalism Collaborative’s coverage of equitable community development. The SWMJC is a group of 12 regional organizations dedicated to strengthening local journalism. To learn more, visit swmichjournalism.com. When Katie Boertman, 50,...
In-person classes to be held in Southfield, virtual options available to all Michiganders; housing market in Michigan favorable to buyers. SOUTHFIELD, Mich. (Nov. 5, 2026) – Gesher Human Services, one of the largest human service agencies in metro Detroit, is offering Homebuyer Education Classes twice a month through the end of January. While the four-hour classes typically cost $50 for a family, this season the fees are being waived, to remove one extra barrier to families getting into a home that they can own. Such classes are a requirement for the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) Down Payment Assistance Program which provides $7,500-10,000 loans to families with limited incomes hoping to purchase a home.
Bojangles is already gone from Michigan. Now, hundreds of Wendy's restaurants are caught up in the same company's bankruptcy battle.
SAGINAW, Mich. (WOWO) — Parents of children with disabilities are demanding stronger oversight and better services from Michigan schools, telling state education officials that families are being forced to fight for support their children are legally entitled to receive. More than 75 parents and advocates attended a Michigan State...
This story is part of a series on the challenges and solutions related to oral health in Michigan, Indiana, and Ohio. It is made possible with funding support from the Delta Dental Foundation. Janelle Randall remembers people arriving hours before a free dental clinic in the Grand Rapids area opened....
Michigan once returned nearly every refundable container. In 2025 the rate fell to 69.4 percent, and grocery stores are pushing for changes.
MLive ran each MHSAA 11-player regional final and 8-player state semifinal playoff game through 1,000 simulations to see how each team fared.
A Michigan reporter says you do not need a contractor, a big loan or a free month to take the bite out of this winter’s heating bills. Roughly $50 and […]
First snowflakes of the season expected in Southeast Michigan this week
Grand Traverse County native Huldah Neal was inducted into the Michigan Women's Hall of Fame Nov. 5 during the 2026 induction ceremony celebration at The War Memorial in Grosse Pointe Farms. Neal was the nation's first woman to be appointed as a game warden, right here in Michigan. Born Huldah...
Michigan Firearm Deer Season starts this Sunday, November 15th and runs through November 30th. It’s definitely a time for bright orange outdoors and to know whether or not the place you’re going is open to hunting. There’s a good map of Michigan public lands & parks open to...
