Another geomagnetic storm is expected to make the light show visible across much of the northern U.S. late at night. Your odds improve if you are far from city lights, there is no cloud cover and luck is with you.
Upper Peninsula
Posted inTalent & Education
Small Upper Peninsula school with Finnish roots toasts its last graduates
Finlandia University’s last graduating class walked across a stage and accepted their degrees Sunday. Founded in 1896, Finlandia is among scores of colleges that have closed or merged amid declining enrollment as fewer families consider college worth the cost.
Posted inChildren & Families
Missing 8-year-old boy found safe in Michigan’s Porcupine Mountains
Nante Niemi of Wisconsin, missing since Saturday, was found on Monday hiding near a log two miles from his family’s campsite, Michigan State Police reported. He appeared to be in good health and was reunited with family.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Anishinaabe tribes work to save Michigan whitefish
Great Lakes whitefish are in decline, in part because dams block their passage to rivers where they once spawned. Tribal scientists are looking to save a fish of economic and cultural importance.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Ticks in Michigan. What you need to know and how to protect yourself.
Warmer weather ushers in the start of tick season. Not all ticks carry disease but some can transmit bacteria that causes Lyme disease or triggers Alpha-gal Syndrome (AGS), which can lead to a red meat allergy.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
In Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, universities expand nurse training options
Michigan Tech is launching a nursing program this fall, filling a void caused by Finlandia University’s recent decision to close. And Lake Superior State is expanding its program to train nurses to work in rural areas.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Michigan updates list of at-risk birds, adds black tern, six others
Among the species that newly receive threatened status are the Eastern whip-poor-will, evening grosbeak, golden-winged warbler, Northern goshawk, spruce grouse and upland sandpiper.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Farmers thankful for cool temperatures after high mid-April temperatures
Many Michiganders likely were frustrated by the sudden return to frigid temperatures last week and the nearly 50-degree temperature shift could be a problem for some of this year’s fruit crop. But farmers say they are generally thankful for cooler temps.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Northern lights visible in Michigan: where to see aurora borealis forecast
The northern lights put on a show in Michigan and across much of the mainland U.S. late Sunday and early Monday, with rare reports of sitings as far south as North Caroline and even Arkansas. Here’s how to spot them in Michigan.
Posted inThe Center for Michigan
Watch Bridge Culture Club discussion of ‘We Kept Our Towns Going’
Author Phyllis Michael Wong joined Bridge Michigan for a discussion of her historical account of the work of the ‘Gossard Girls,’ employees at undergarment factories in MIchigan’s Upper Peninsula.