Michigan needs at least 400 new dentists and even more dental hygienists to overcome a shortage that has some Michiganders waiting weeks or months to get care.
Rural Michigan
Posted inOutdoors Life
Group wants to lift state ban on Upper Peninsula dark sky preserves
The group is affiliated with efforts to stop the Copperwood mine. Michigan’s dark sky legislation can restrict lighting but can’t stop development.
Posted inBusiness Watch
Are Mackinac Island ferries a monopoly? Lawsuit claims island got it wrong
Mackinac Island rejected planned price hikes for the two passenger ferries servicing the island. Both are owned by the same Florida company that is now suing the city, claiming officials overstepped their authority.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Michigan imposes new restrictions, testing requirements on UP copper mine
A new air quality permit for the Copperwood mine in Gogebic County requires additional testing for mine vents and emissions and places limits on emergency generators that run on natural gas and emit formaldehyde.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Fentanyl came to a tiny UP town. Then the funerals began
One after another, Rapid River’s young people died of overdoses, as a small town learned it can’t escape Michigan’s opioid crisis.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Trump cuts hit Forest Service in Michigan; critics fear ‘catastrophic’ loss
Northern Michigan is squeezed by downsizing. Trump officials blame Joe Biden, saying he hired thousands ‘with no plan in place to pay them.’
Posted inOutdoors Life
Northern Michigan to tourists: Yes, it’s winter. Come anyway. It’s fun
Seeking to boost tourism year-around, communities from Alpena to Gaylord and into the Upper Peninsula are adding winter events to lure visitors during the slow season. Is it working? Kind of.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
After losing in court, Michigan township tries again to block 'green' cemetery
A new ordinance in Brooks Township includes a host of hard-to-meet permit conditions for any new cemetery. ‘Green burial’ proponents say they’re being unfairly targeted. Local leaders say they’re merely protecting groundwater.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
In Michigan's UP, emergency mental health transport remains big burden
Rural Michigan continues to have a shortage of psychiatric beds, according to Health and Human Services Department data.
Posted inQuality of Life
Iron Mountain eyes novel plan to cut iconic deer park: castration
Iron Mountain may castrate bucks to spur closure of its historic deer park, which has lost its luster as herds now roam local yards.