Oak trees are valuable to the Northwoods environment, recreation and wood products industries, but many are in danger. Michigan encourages education around preventing and managing oak wilt, a disease killing red oaks across the state every year. Major oak wilt prevention guidelines are: avoid ...
(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) At a meeting that lasted more than nine hours, Michigan’s Natural Resources Commission voted Wednesday to limit hunters in the Lower Peninsula ...
LANSING — On Friday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer requested an extension from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to submit a request for a major disaster declaration after severe storms, heavy rain, rapid snowmelt and nine tornadoes caused widespread damage and severe flooding in 41 ...
ESCANABA — A local musician and Escanaba resident has made it to the second round of the "You, God's Music Showcase" — an international competition for Christian singers that will culminate in a concert in Texas and a record deal for the first-place winner. Voting for the second round ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County officials are so far pleased with the mental health services offered for jail inmates through ATC Healthcare Services of MidMichigan. The county’s contract provides nine hours of mental health staffing weekly, reimbursed through a grant, and that’s ...
LANSING – A bill introduced by House Democrats would allow qualified patients to request medically-assisted death. Medically-assisted death – also known as medically-assisted suicide, medical aid in dying and physician-assisted death – involves patients taking a lethal medication ...