MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula Arts and Culture Alliance has been awarded two competitive grants totaling $50,000 from the National Endowment for the Arts, reinforcing the growing role of arts and culture as a driver of economic prosperity across the Upper Peninsula. The first award, ...

LANSING, Mich. — A new joint report highlights Michigan’s continued progress in expanding access to high-quality PreK, with growing child care availability, more providers opening or expanding and sustained investments to strengthen the state’s early childhood system. The Child Care ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Suicide ranks among the leading causes of death in the U.S., a stark reminder of the need for support for those affected by such tragedies. In Dickinson and Iron counties, the Great Lakes Recovery Center is filling that gap by providing vital services through its Local ...

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) The Trump administration plans to close four US Forest Service research facilities in Michigan, shifting scientists out of the state as it ...

MARINETTE — A Wisconsin man accused of killing his girlfriend has waived his preliminary hearing, binding his case over for arraignment. Robert Alan Chilcote, 29, of Porterfield, Wis., appeared in the Marinette County Courthouse on Thursday alongside his defense attorney, Hannah Rachel ...