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Feature Story Doulas list image Route Bay CityHealthy Communities

Bay County families are embracing doulas for better birth experiences

Kathy RobertsWednesday, August 6, 2025
When doulas are present during childbirth, moms and babies experience reduced pain, shorter labors, and fewer complications. Babies are more likely to thrive when doulas are part of the care team. Doulas working in Bay County are spreading the word about the benefits they provide.
Feature Story Give Local Bay 2025 list image Route Bay CityArts and Culture

One donor's strategic giving multiplies impact for Give Local Bay beneficiaries

Kathy RobertsWednesday, August 6, 2025
Kylie Knieper split her donation between eight different organizations during Give Local Bay in May, allowing her to spread her financial support across a diverse range of community programs.  
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Teens from across the U.P. explore futures in health care

Paula McCambridgeWednesday, August 6, 2025
The first-ever Upper Peninsula Future Health Leaders Camp, held in late July, encouraged high school freshmen and sophomores from across the U.P. to consider careers in health care. Students received hands-on patient simulation experience and completed CPR and first aid certification by the end of the week.
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Marine Trades Institute plans special fundraiser for Student Enrichment Fund

UPword Michigan Wednesday, August 6, 2025
The Marine Trades Institute in Cedarville hopes to raise $30,000 for its Student Enrichment Fund, which supports the purchase of essential equipment, field trips and professional development opportunities. 
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Fairs in full swing across the U.P.

Brice BurgeWednesday, August 6, 2025
“I think it's very important as we see the change in our agricultural industry, there’s just so many people now that are so far removed from agriculture and what it takes to raise an animal, and it's just wonderful to show folks what it does take and how much effort goes into it,” said Paul Naasz, president of the Alger County Fair Board.
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DNR hosts open house at Newberry Customer Service Center

UPword Michigan Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Here's your chance to see Michigan’s first mass timber building built with Michigan wood. The DNR is hosting a family-friend open house at its Customer Service Center in Newberry on Thursday, Aug. 14.
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U.P. park unveils $995k accessible boardwalk to Lake Superior

Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Source: MLive
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Gogebic Community College in Michigan Trains Future Industry Leaders Through Ski Area Management Pro

Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Source: SnowBrains
Feature Story Wendy Dreese is 70 x 7 Life Recovery’s relationship manager The LakeshoreCommunity Development

70 x 7 Life Recovery mentors returning citizens through reconciliation, life skills

Paul R. Kopenkoskey Wednesday, August 6, 2025
70x7 Life Recovery is a faith-based nonprofit that equips returning citizens with life skills and short-term support following incarceration
Feature Story Pappas Britle SWMI Journalism Collab Southwest MichiganEconomic Development

Sweet Success: Papa's Brittle driven by owner's desire to invest in her community

Robert M. Weir for Encore Wednesday, August 6, 2025
In the summer of 2021, the Rev. Doreen Gardner began making her large batches of brittle in the commercial kitchen space at the small business incubator Can-Do Kalamazoo. Papa’s Brittle went on to win the national NAACP’s Black Entrepreneur Award, which came with a $25,000 award and mentorship from an investor on the ABC reality television series Shark Tank. Now they operate from a state-of-the-art commercial kitchen on Stadium Drive.
Feature Story Jenny Dozema SWMI Journalism Collab Southwest MichiganEconomic Development

Kalamazoo Climate Crisis Coalition Executive Director learned early to leave only footprints

Katie Houston for EncoreWednesday, August 6, 2025
"I try to spend time outside every day, and every time I get out in nature, I just fall in love with this world that we live in," says Jenny Doezema is the new executive director of the Kalamazoo Climate Crisis Coalition.
Innovation News Students and staff at HighScope. Concentrate - Ann Arbor/YpsiKids and Education

Ypsi school research plays a role in case against cutting or eliminating Head Start program

Sarah RiggTuesday, August 5, 2025
When President Donald Trump's administration announced possible cuts to federal education spending this year, research from Ypsilanti was cited to push back against the prospect of eliminating the Head Start early childhood education program for low-income families.
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Miss Kim owner opens new Ann Arbor restaurant focused on vegetarian Asian food and affordable prices

Jaishree DrepaulTuesday, August 5, 2025
Featuring fresh and flexible vegetarian-focused fare in a welcoming, casual setting, the new restaurant is a fun and easy way to experience the talents of a five-time James Beard Award-nominated chef. 
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Fun Fest celebrates 5 years of music, arts, and more in Ypsi's Frog Island Park

Lee Van RothTuesday, August 5, 2025
Ypsilanti's Frog Island Park will come alive with music, food, and community spirit as Fun Fest returns for its fifth year on Aug. 9, from noon to 9 p.m.
Longform Monica Smith, Yevgenia Gazman, and Christine Sauvé, MIRC Detroit Office. Second Wave - MichiganKids and Education

Attacks on immigrant families and what that means for early education

Brianna NargisoTuesday, August 5, 2025
Community-based organizations report that approximately 15% of students  withdrew from preschool programs within weeks due to immigration enforcement activity. Advocates and policy researchers attribute these shifts to the growing climate of fear among immigrant families in Michigan.
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Community mental health and hospitals partner to fill care gaps

Brianna NargisoTuesday, August 5, 2025
Michigan's hospitals and community mental health agencies are working together to address gaps in behavioral health care that contribute to long emergency department stays and delays in treatment. Several recent initiatives aim to improve care coordination and create new models of crisis response.  
Longform Monica Smith, Yevgenia Gazman, and Christine Sauvé, MIRC Detroit Office. Second Wave - MichiganKids and Education

Ataques a las familias inmigrantes y lo que eso significa para la educación temprana

Brianna NargisoTuesday, August 5, 2025
En 2024, los educadores de la primera infancia en el suroeste de Detroit observaron una caída significativa en la inscripción preescolar tras el aumento de la actividad de control de inmigración. Aunque el descenso no fue documentado oficialmente en ese momento, las organizaciones comunitarias informan que aproximadamente el 15% de los estudiantes fueron retirados de los programas preescolares del área en cuestión de semanas.  
Longform Monica Smith, Yevgenia Gazman, and Christine Sauvé, MIRC Detroit Office. Second Wave - MichiganDiversity

ရ ွှေ့ရ ြောင််းရေထိိုင်သူမိသြော်းစိုမ ြော်းအ ား ပစ်မှတ်ထ ားတ ိုက်ခ ိုက်ခခင်ားသည် ကရ ်းသူငယ်မ ြော်း၏

Brianna NargisoTuesday, August 5, 2025
2024 ခုနှစ်အတွင်း၊ အနောက်တောင်ပိုင်း ဒက်ထရွိုက်(Southwest Detroit) ရှိ အစောပိုင်း ကလေးသူငယ်ပညာ ရေးဆိုင်ရာ စာပို့ချသူများ၏ လေ့လာတွေ့ရှိချက်အရ လူဝင်မှုကြီးကြပ်ရေး တင်းကြပ်မှုတိုးမြှင့်လုပ်ဆောင်ပြီးနောက် မူကြိုကျောင်းများတွင် ကျောင်းသားစာရင်းသွင်းမှု သိသိသာသာ ကျဆင်းသွားပါသည်။ ကျဆင်းမှုနုန်းကို ထိုအချိန်က တရားဝင် မှတ်တမ်းတင်ထားခြင်းမျိုး မရှိခဲ့သော်လည်း ရက်သက်တစ်ပတ် အနည်းငယ်အတွင်း ကျောင်းသား ၁၅ ရာခိုင်နှုန်းခန့်သည် မူကြိုကျောင်း အစီအစဉ်များမှ နုတ်ထွက်သွားကြကြောင်း ဒေသတွင်းရှိ ရပ်ရွာအခြေပြုအဖွဲ့အစည်း များမှ အစီရင်ခံထားကြပါသည်။ 
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