We were extraordinarily pleased last week, along with a great many others in region, to learn that Northern Michigan University’s enrollment report for the winter semester shows an increase of 330 students, or 5.3%, compared with the same time in 2023. The university’s overall head count ...

Great Lakes shipwreck enthusiasts this week received a bit of welcome news when it was announced that the 244-foot bulk carrier Arlington, lost in Lake Superior storm in 1840 with exactly one person aboard, had been located. The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society and shipwreck ...

Fewer motorists in Michigan are taking care to buckle up in their vehicles, state officials advise. Michigan’s seat belt use rate declined slightly in 2023, to its lowest level in almost two decades, according to results from a grant-funded direct observation study done by Michigan State ...

Spend now, pay later was Michigan’s longtime operating strategy. The state ignored its mounting future obligations in favor of adding new programs and projects. Former Gov. Rick Snyder put an end to the practice with an ambitious plan to pay down the state’s unfunded retiree pension and ...

It’s the dreaded tax season, which means the pain of filling out all those forms for state and federal taxes, perhaps cutting checks to the government, and definitely scammers on the hunt for your money. The Michigan Attorney General’s Office says scammers pretend to be IRS or state ...

That the people who own and operate the Tilden Mine in National Mine are seriously considering expansion of the site must be considered very good news to the economic health of the region. And that environmental groups, notably the Upper Peninsula Environmental Coalition, are keeping a close ...