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Feature Story Bosco's Bees honey bees.

"Getting Buzzed" Bosco’s Bees discusses the health of pollinators in St. Clair County

St. Clair County is facing a decline in its European honeybee population and native pollinators. Bosco's Bees is a local apiary weathering this crisis and discusses how their farm has dealt with the resulting challenges.

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Inaugural Surge Summit brings Tech Week GR expansion to Holland

The half-day event will highlight product and technology startups in West Michigan’s Lakeshore region and aims to ignite conversations about pathways to innovation for businesses at all stages and sizes.  

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CCBHCs extend mental health care to more Michiganders despite challenges

Michigan was added to the country's list of certified community behavioral health clinic (CCBHC) demonstration states back in the summer of 2020, with 29 counties throughout the lower peninsula operating CCBHCs through their community mental health agencies.

Longform Angie Gullekson, MPH,CPS.TTS, community Health Coordinator at Di.strict Health Department #10

Public health campaigns aim to keep kids safe from Marijuana poisoning

As more adults use marijuana, the downside is more young children are ending up with marijuana poisoning. Here's how Michigan's local health departments are keeping them safe.

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Michigan's first commercial elderberry farm offers u-pick, market and more

Elderberry Farms Estate -- Michigan's first commercial elderberry farm -- grows elderberries, blueberries, lavender, herbs and more.  The 14-acre farm outside Traverse City also has a small market and cafe.

Longform Ariane Donnelly, Anne Davis, and Tanya Andrews at the Prescription for Health booth at the Pittsfield Township Farmers Market. Prescription for Health is Washtenaw County's produce prescription program.

Prescriptions for fresh produce grow in Michigan through collaboration and new funding

Efforts are underway to better coordinate efforts between produce prescription programs and to create more standardized funding mechanisms for them.

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Michigan Outdoor Innovation Fund announces first investments

The Michigan Outdoor Innovation Fund has announced its first round of investments to three state-based companies in the outdoor innovation space.  

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Muskegon company celebrates 90th anniversary with parade featuring famous horses

Tyler Sales Company Inc., a third-generation family-owned beer distributor, celebrated its 90th anniversary with a community event featuring the famous Budweiser Clydesdales.

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New facility sweetens the future for Michigan sugar beet farmers

Michigan Sugar invests $109 million in a plant that extracts more sugar from beets and secures the future for farmers in the region.

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Marquette Rising: Outdoor recreation and intentional development fuel growth

With an abundance of outdoor recreation assets, including a spectacular Lake Superior shoreline, and thoughtful downtown development, Marquette is among the small cities across the upper Midwest experiencing population growth.

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Supporting and strengthening local news

The Grand Traverse Regional Community Foundation has joined a national effort -- Press Forward -- to revitalize local news and information.

Longform Ariane Donnelly, Anne Davis, and Tanya Andrews at the Prescription for Health booth at the Pittsfield Township Farmers Market. Prescription for Health is Washtenaw County's produce prescription program.

Prescriptions for fresh produce grow in Michigan through collaboration and new funding

Efforts are underway to better coordinate efforts between produce prescription programs and to create more standardized funding mechanisms for them.

Feature Story Beaverton's Trail of Two Cities is among the Spark Grant recipients.

Spark grant helps Trail of Two Cities project

Another piece of the Trail of Two Cities -- a nearly completed eight-mile pathway connecting Beaverton and Gladwin -- is moving forward, thanks to a Spark grant from the Council of Michigan Foundations and Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

Feature Story Marko Tomko.

Exploring what hides beneath the St. Clair River

The blue water area contains a rich history that can be studied by diving the St. Clair River. Marko Tomko, an avid diver, has been exploring the river's past for over 30 years and talks about his dives and the historic treasures he found there.

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Bay County investing millions to create a one-stop health center in Bangor Township

Bay County received $9 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds and another $2 million in federal dollars from a congressional appropriation to turn what was once an iconic furniture store into a community health center.

Feature Story King's Kid Christian Daycare staff members Adrian Robinson, left, Lolita Granger, center and Tamara Jones laugh Wednesday, July 17, 2024, as they play with toys in one of the classrooms in the Detroit child care center.

MiLEAP fund provides essential equipment, upgrades for child care facilities

Quality child care is necessary, but not always available or affordable. The MiLEAP Caring for MI Future: Facilities Improvement Fund has launched a $59 million fund to provide new and expanding home-based and center-based facilities across the state.   

Feature Story The herd includes Freya and Maya.

The healing power of horsesHorses partner with people at this innovative center in Fennville

Horses partner with people at the Red Horse Center in Fennville to provide transformative ways to heal and grow using a trauma-informed approach.  

Feature Story The collapsed foundation of the J & F Brisson Sawmill in Chatham.

How one rural Michigan county is removing blight and revitalizing small communities

The Alger County Land Bank Authority is working to remove blighted buildings across the county and renovate others -- ambitious efforts at community revitalization.

Longform Annalies Walsh and her father Joe Walsh selling Manchester Entrepreneurial STEM merchandise at Waterloo Hunt Club in Grass Lake.

Manchester 8th graders build successful businesses in entrepreneurship class

Each semester, eighth graders in Manchester Community Schools write business plans, do market research, run real businesses, and make real profits as part of their classwork.