Michigan’s rural residents face different challenges when accessing mental health care than residents of urban areas. Transportation issues, loneliness, and limited group therapy options can compound their mental health needs. To address these challenges, community mental health (CMH) agencies innovate community-based solutions that meet their populations where they are at.   

The Marquette Trail 50 is considered one of the Midwest’s signature ultras, famous for its rugged, challenging course and high peaks with views of Lake Superior. Those peaks are often the undoing of many runners.  

The iconic Stormy Kromer-style hat is now available in your favorite college colors. The Ironwood company this week unveiled a series of hats of representing colleges from the Midwest, including Northern Michigan University, Michigan Technological University, and Lake Superior State University.

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.

Within days of its release, a special-edition Stormy Kromer cap commemorating the tragic sinking of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sold out. The caps were a fundraiser for a Wisconsin organization that wants to erect an historical sign at the ship's last port of call on Lake Superior.

Rx Kids, the country’s first universal and unconditional cash prescription program for pregnant people and infants, has expanded into other rural areas of Michigan, including the Upper Peninsula. The program provides financial support to every eligible family within a geographic area, no income requirements, no strings attached.  

Rolf Peterson, a researcher and professor emeritus at Michigan Technological University, has been honored as one of 10 Michiganians of the Year for his life-long efforts studying moose and wolves on Isle Royale National Park. 

Downtown Gladstone is buzzing with energy, thanks to the opening of new businesses, building renovations, and other improvements.

The St. Ignace Saints are part of a four-team expansion that will create a new division in the league and provide a unique “big sports” entertainment to the Eastern Upper Peninsula.