(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Cougars were detected 31 times in Michigan in 2025, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. That’s the highest number of ...

State Rep. Karl Bohnak, R-Deerton, on Wednesday joined Upper Peninsula health officials in raising concerns about a proposal from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services that he says forces sparsely populated counties to compete with Michigan’s biggest counties for federal ...

NORWAY — Norway-Vulcan Area Schools is calling on students to be “Uknighted and Present.” The 30-day challenge is designed to increase positive learning behaviors by focusing on attendance, punctuality, academics and behavior. “It takes a minimum of 21 days to form a habit,” said ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Donald Trump's endorsement of U.S. Rep. Tom Tiffany in Wisconsin's open race for governor led the congressman's top Republican rival to drop out of the race less than a day later. Tiffany now faces only nominal opposition for the Republican nomination in the ...

Scientists are asking for help from the public this winter to measure how thick the ice is on the Great Lakes and inland lakes. Data submitted by ice fishers and other people who spend time on frozen lakes could improve the models that forecast ice cover on the Great Lakes. Satellites do a ...