Michigan State’s Jason Rowntree is out to prove that ranching is an ecological asset.
Rural Michigan
Posted inQuality of Life
Get those nets ready: Michigan has restocked over 9 million fish this year
Various species of trout and salmon are among the 9.1 million fish the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has stocked from seven fish hatcheries across the state.
Posted inTalent & Education
Tiny Bois Blanc hires long-term substitute teacher for one-room schoolhouse
The tiny district has hired an island resident — who’s also a custodian and real estate agent — as its long-term substitute teacher. The district plans to use a ‘grow your own’ program to help her earn teaching credentials.
Posted inMichigan Government
Alpena voters approve library tax, despite fuss over sex-themed books
Alpena’s library will keep its doors open after an operating millage passed Tuesday. The fight over sex-themed books is likely to continue.
Posted inTalent & Education
Wanted: Teacher on remote Michigan island. Can’t leave in winter without plane
On the four-student school on Bois Blanc Island, classes are set to resume soon. The one problem: There’s no teacher.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Court sides with Michigan regulators in poop dispute with big farms
Michigan Supreme Court sides with state regulators who sought to tamp down on manure pollution from big livestock operations. Farm interests said the rules are too onerous.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
After years of opioids agony, rural Michigan finds reason for hope
While still inadequate in many communities, addiction services are on the rise, thanks in part to an influx of millions of dollars in opioid settlement funds.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
EV road trip postcard: Long-vacant Sleeping Bear Inn reopens after $1.7M rehab
After a years-long restoration effort, the historic inn perched in the sand of Sleeping Bear Dunes begins welcoming guests again this weekend, transporting them back in time.
Posted inMichigan Government
Alpena County moves to fire library officials over sexually-themed youth books
Michigan’s book wars escalate after a library wouldn’t move a handful of books to the adult section. The move leaves officials in ‘shock’ and comes before a tax vote to keep library doors open.
Posted inBusiness Watch
EV road trip postcard: Cherry Bowl drive-in for sale, still going strong
The 1950s-era theater has been a northern Michigan landmark for generations of summer patrons.