Fabric Building Covers chooses West Michigan over competing sites in the Midwest and Canada, underscoring the state’s leadership in advanced manufacturing.

A recently renovated theater in downtown Clare is adding to the small city's vibrancy. A trio of sisters purchased the Ideal Theater after it closed during the pandemic. 

After more than a decade of lying vacant, a motel in Lexington has reopened for business. Thanks to the efforts of a Blue Water Area couple who are working to revitalize the property, Lexington’s LillyPad offers a new option for accommodation in the coastal community

The AuSable Artisan Village, an arts and events destination and resources center in downtown Grayling, wants to continue to build culture in Northern Michigan. To that end, the nonprofit organization has reached a $50,000 fundraising goal to build a performing arts center, clay/ceramic studio and fine art gallery retail space. 

A U.P. native creates a one-of-a-kind organized bicycle tour of the peninsula, drawing dozens of riders each summer. The 1,200-mile trek takes 10 days and follows the perimeter of the Upper Peninsula. 

Port Austin's intriguing barn art project continues to add installations -- the latest is a standalone statue called "The Deity." “I think kind of pulling from different cultures and in a rural context was kind of interesting to us,” said Jim Boyle, cofounder of the project known as 53North.

Jill Anderson is the new Rotary Club of Battle Creek President, a post her father once held. “It’s a very different club than it used to be," says Anderson. "There’s that whole notion that Rotary is male, pale, and stale, but it’s really changing."

Much needed upgrade celebrated at senior housing complex.