MARQUETTE — Michigan communities will soon benefit from the addition of 50 state troopers who graduated Friday from the 149th Trooper Recruit School. Five of the new troopers will serve in the Upper Peninsula: Nathan Wascher of Woodhaven in Iron Mountain, Brad Renwick of Pentwater and ...

CHELSEA, Mich. (AP) — Old Brick Farm, where Larry Doll raises chickens, turkeys and ducks, was fortunate this Thanksgiving season. Doll's small farm west of Detroit had no cases of bird flu, despite an ongoing outbreak that killed more than 2 million U.S. turkeys in the past three months ...

NIAGARA, Wis. — The Niagara Emporium began business 35 years ago as a video store. “I started dabbling in antiques and it did well, and my wife and I aren’t big on movies. I sold the video business and went all antiques,” owner Ray Soderberg said. His wife, Diane, is not involved in ...

LANSING — In the summer, the U.S. Geological Survey began large-scale low-level airplane flights over the Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin. The goal of the project is to obtain high-resolution data on subsurface mineral structures and bedrock composition to depths of approximately ...

The Trump administration is no longer considering nursing as a professional degree, as it begins rolling out student loan changes in its One Big Beautiful Bill Act. That means getting financial help to complete advanced degrees in nursing and other health care professions could become more ...