Wisconsin smitten with the mitten
Source: The Chicago Tribune
The Talent Dividend: How more college grads can add to a Michigan city’s bottom line
What's the best thing a city can do to achieve more economic success? Increase its number of college graduates. Read how the Talent Dividend calculates just how much college degrees add to a city's bottom line--think billions--and cities right here in Michigan are some of 57 competing for the $1 million dollar prize to boost college attainment.
Family profiled living off-the-grid in the U.P.
Source: The Nature Conservancy
UPside of Life: Everyday is for celebrating small businesses
If there's one thing for certain, holiday shopping can be quite daunting at times. But the best way to do your shopping--be it in person or via the Internet--is by keeping your dollars local. Shopping U.P.-based small businesses not only benefits those entrepreneurs, but your local communities as well.
Guide to U.P. fun: Father and son write tavern travelogue
A father and his son walk into a bar--no, it's not the beginning of a joke, but rather a great little book about some of the interesting and entertaining bars in the Upper Peninsula. Second Wave scribe Neil Moran sits down with the duo to drink up a few stories.
