IRON MOUNTAIN — When Jennifer Flynn and Doni-Mae B. Rauch met in 1989, little did they know they would team up for charity work more than three decades later. The two now are the main organizers behind the ninth-annual Crafty Flea Market, set for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday in the campgrounds ...
ST. IGNACE - Clear skies made for a beautiful sunrise start of the 2026 Mackinac Bridge Walk today, providing exceptional conditions for the roughly 34,000 people who made plans to participate. That turnout was on the upper end for turnout in recent years, which has ranged from 21,000 to 35,000 since 2018. About 33,000 walked the bridge in last year’s event. The bridge, which closed at 6:30 a.m. to all vehicle traffic for the walk, reopened promptly at noon. Based on the success of the recent events, the 2026 Annual Bridge Walk again started from both St. Ignace and Mackinaw City, ...
NEW YORK (AP) — New York City's public schools will temporarily ban elementary and middle school students from using generative artificial intelligence tools during the upcoming school year, Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Wednesday. The one-year moratorium — part of a broader assessment ...
LANSING – Michigan is taking another step toward making transfer between Michigan colleges and universities work better for students by deepening its understanding of the state’s transfer landscape and identifying opportunities to strengthen pathways to degree completion. The Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential (MiLEAP) Office of Higher Education (OHE) today released its Michigan Transfer Landscape Analysis Report, a series of six briefs examining how students move through Michigan’s higher education system, where transfer pathways are working ...
LANSING – The Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget (DTMB) Michigan Center for Data and Analytics has released the state’s latest “Hot 50” and “Career Outlook” publications. Both reports provide information on careers that will be in the highest demand in Michigan through 2034. “Our goal is to provide our education and workforce partners with the information they need to help Michiganders find their path to high-demand, high-wage jobs,” said Scott Powell, director of the Michigan Center for Data and Analytics and the state’s chief data officer. “The ...
HOUGHTON - U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin, D-Holly, visited Houghton Wednesday, where she met with local officials at the METC SmartZone. Among the topics of discussion was the global rush for critical minerals that has brought the issue of re-industrialization back to the Upper Peninsula, ...
