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What happened to summer, Michigan? School buses are beginning to make the rounds again, which means it’s time for new Pink Pearl erasers, mechanical pencils that double as shivs and the almighty ...

After 18 years on the Mason City Council, Elaine Ferris faces recall in November over a vote she says was intended to protect her city from data center development, not invite it. Mason, in Ingham ...

Michigan Democrats officially nominated Winnie Brinks to be Jocelyn Benson’s running mate on Saturday in the party’s first statewide convention since the primary. Officials preached unity, but some ...

Michigan has just two monitors for the entire Upper Peninsula and no monitors north of Frankfort in the Lower Peninsula.

The median Michigan home was built in 1973. As Michigan tries to add housing to meet demand, the age of existing homes poses its own challenges, including higher repair bills that can deter buyers.

The Petoskey City Council on Tuesday rejected a proposed settlement agreement that could have resulted in the public losing access to a popular lakeside trail that collapsed in 2020.

Friends may not see themselves as caregivers, yet when they help with activities of daily living, they are crucial to a person’s independence and longevity. That, in turn, can save tax dollars by ...

New state funding of $40 million has been allocated to increase dual enrollment of high school students in college courses, especially for districts with economically disadvantaged students.

Volunteers have been monitoring calls from eight amphibians in the Rouge River watershed for decades. Four frogs appear to be declining while three frogs and one toad may be increasing in numbers.

Some lawmakers say the governor’s administration sidestepped the Legislature to award $50 million to the Copperwood Mine’s effort to bring back mining in the Upper Peninsula.

Matt Hollander, president of Hollander Development Corp., explains plans for an environmentally sustainable senior living center slated for Kalamazoo’s north side. (Julie J. Riddle/Southwest Michigan ...