LANSING — Many teachers in Michigan need to work additional jobs to make ends meet. The rising cost of health care is one major reason why teachers seek additional employment. Repaying student loans is an additional reason, said Doug Pratt, the director of communications and public ...

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) In addition to shorter ski seasons, worsening ticks and allergies and shrinking boreal forests, climate change has hit the Great Lakes State in ...

DUNBAR, Wis. — The Thermal Chaos BBQ team had a successful outing at the American Royal World Series Barbecue Competition in Kansas City. Team members who took part in the competition Nov. 7-9 were Ken and Culleen — CC — Hein, Don and Kelly Marinoff, Mike and Julie Hoppe, and Lynn ...

KINGSFORD — A person died early Saturday in a fire in an apartment building in Kingsford. Kingsford Public Safety officers on patrol discovered the active structure fire at 229 E. Breitung Ave. about 1:26 a.m. Saturday, Kingsford Public Safety Department Director Brandon Rutter said in a ...

IRONWOOD – In September, Aspirus Health made the decision to change the obstetrics model in Ironwood at the end of the year. The announcement brought heated responses from several state legislators in Lansing and the Michigan Nurses Association, but Aspirus cites a number of reasons for the ...