Kids and Education

Feature Story Lord of the Rings-themed crafts and a "walk to Mordor" (with Tolkien buttons as prizes) will be part of Herrick District Library's Lord of the Rings Week.
Feature Story “We’re trying to build a Ferrari here, and I’m confident at this point that we really are,” says Jesse Hopkins, founder of Clay Avenue Guitar Co.
Feature Story Kids Count
Feature Story Sacred Earth
Feature Story United Way list image
Development News “Children everywhere need environments where they can play and be curious,” says Dan Gilmartin, Executive Director and CEO of the Michigan Municipal League.
Feature Story ACES Southwest Michigan Journalism Collab youth mental health
Feature Story READ Ottawa Executive Director Ally Velderman

READ Ottawa has new, familiar executive director


Feature Story Hadley Streng, Grand Haven Area Community Foundation president.
Longform Teens with the BuildOn Program in Detroit pose during their summer campout at Scout Hollow Campground in Rouge Park, coordinated by Detroit Outdoors.
Feature Story Alejandro Fleites Marcelo and Karinna Martinez were the only students from the Grand Rapids area selected for the 2024 Bank of America Student Leaders Program, an eight-week summer internship.
Feature Story A Herrick District Library patron uses the AI Playground in Groundworks. The playground will be open through mid-September.

Library offers chance to explore AI


Feature Story Starr Commonwealth
Feature Story Dow Gardens
Feature Story Jayce Woods list
Feature Story School books list
Longform Austin McDonald works on a robot with Lincoln High School's Linc-Bots team in 2019.
Feature Story "Color Real and Imagined" by Carrie Mae Weems will be featured in "Silver Linings" at UMMA.
Innovation News An infographic showing where the women journalists spotlighted in a new oral history archive reported on COVID.