A federal travel ban has many of the thousands of Burmese refugees living in Battle Creek worried about their friends and loved ones still overseas.
Quality of Life
Michigan is a great place to live. Bridge will report that fact often — and on potential threats to the assets that make it so.
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Income gap between Michigan, nation widens. Blame education
New Census numbers show Michigan continues to fall further behind the nation in household income. States with higher incomes typically have more college graduates.
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Hundreds of thousands of dollars embezzled from Michigan rural nonprofits
In small-town nonprofits, employees have to wear many hats. That elevates the risk of someone pilfering funds.
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A Michigan autoworker’s wallet is found under a hood in Minnesota — 151,000 miles later
A retired Michigan autoworker got a Facebook message from a stranger: Did you lose your wallet? That message resolved a mystery that had lasted more than 10 years. Minnesota mechanic Chad Volk found Richard Guilford’s wallet under the hood of a Ford Edge. It had fallen out of his shirt pocket in 2014.
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Baby killed in west Michigan horse buggy crash, as state seeks to limit wrecks
A truck slammed into a horse-drawn carriage on Tuesday. With a sizable Amish community, Michigan is amid efforts to raise awareness of the vehicles to improve safety.
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Michigan museum preserves Civil Rights artifacts but pressure mounts on others
An Alabama home where Martin Luther King Jr. and others planned marches in the 1960s calling for Black voting rights has been reconstructed in its entirety.
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Michigan farm to supply White House Christmas tree: ‘This is our Super Bowl’
Korson’s Tree Farms in Montcalm County will supply the White House with an 18-foot Christmas tree this year. The tree will be on display in the Blue Room, a tradition that was started in 1961.
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Michigan shipwreck offers lessons from the depths
The recently discovered Western Reserve wreck is providing lessons about shipbuilding, underwater archaeology and the importance of survivor accounts.
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Michigan gears up for July 4: Fireworks laws, shows, travel tips, temps and more
Do: Celebrate the nation’s independence. Don’t: Blow your finger off. Here’s what you need to know about fireworks, weather, road trips and more as the state prepares to celebrate the Fourth of July.
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Swatting away more mosquitoes lately? Michigan’s heat wave may be to blame
Rainfall, record-breaking heat contribute to mosquito surge in Michigan.