Technology and Innovation

Feature Story The Bebot drone will pick up trash from Muskegon beaches as part of a project funded by a $1 million Meijer grant.

Drones set to join Lake Michigan beach cleanup crews


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Community leaders gather to share small town entrepreneurial ideas


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Issue Media Group relaunches Upper Peninsula publication


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Alma Aspires: A small town showcases its successes


Development News Almont’s Country Smoke House is one of six Michigan small agriculture businesses to receive a $200,000 grant from the USDA.
Partner Content The Traverse City roundtable was the last stop on URC’s Hidden Health Threats tour
Feature Story Muskegon County Airport (MKG) will offer 36 nonstop, round-trip flights per week to Chicago O’Hare International Airport through Southern Airways Express starting Oct. 1. (Nenyedi/WikiMedia Commons)

More flights to Chicago coming to Muskegon County Airport


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Epiphany Studios celebrates 2,600 sq. ft. expansion in Pontiac


Longform Janis Keller with her ElliQ unit.
Feature Story Jennifer Owens is CEO of Lakeshore Advantage.

Lakeshore Advantage looking for business stabilization projects


Feature Story The GRCC Lakeshore Campus is gaining new equipment to help students learn in-demand career skills. (GRCC)

Partnership boosts GRCC Lakeshore Campus manufacturing classes


Longform Help Home Personal ID* Program GPS ID bracelets.
Feature Story Port Huron residents Tyler Moldovan and Alexandra Hand packing up to move to their new home.
Development News View from across the river and below the Poseyville Road Bridge

Riverfront Restoration Project underway


Longform Farmer Craig Schaaf, of Golden Rule Farm, has led farming workshops at Grow Benzie for a decade.

Grow Benzie: Rooted in community


Development News “This is an unprecedented, one-time funding wave that allows us to direct vital resources toward a decades-long backlog of repair and maintenance needs,” says DNR Director Dan Eichinger.