"We really wanted to capture the spirit of a Keweenaw winter. Our winters aren't for the faint of heart. There's a level of tenacity required to live and play here during the cold months, so it's not for the faint of heart," says Brad Barnett, executive director of Visit Keweenaw.
“It's one of the big events for us throughout the year,” said Toni Whaley, who owns Grand Marais Mercantile and helps organize Starry Starry Night. “We want to make sure that our retailers, our crafters, our artists — as well as our wonderful restaurants — have plenty of people that come and enjoy what we have to offer.”
“It’s stories like those that we want to share,” said Dan Truckey, director and curator of the Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center. “One, to let others know more about these people, but also to inspire young people—especially young women—to say that just because they grew up in a small town in the U.P., it doesn’t mean they can’t go on to achieve some really significant things and make an impact on the world.”
On Thursday Nov. 16, the Autism Alliance of Michigan (AAoM) celebrated its new Grand Rapids-area office with a grand opening ribbon cutting and open house at its location within the Special Olympics Michigan Unified Sports & Inclusion Center, about 10 miles south of Grand Rapids proper.
Michigan’s community mental health agencies (CMHs) and organizations across the state understand that asking questions and having conversations about mental health and suicide is a very significant step in prevention.
Mientras Michigan trabaja hacia un programa PreK para Todos o PreK for All, que ampliará las opciones voluntarias de preescolar para que cada niño de cuatro años en Michigan pueda acceder a una educación preescolar gratuita en 2027, una preocupación que Meyers y otros educadores preescolares plantean es el desarrollo de la fuerza laboral para los maestros de educación preescolar.
A mix of Department of Defense contracts and investments is bolstering Marquette-based Kall Morris Inc's innovative efforts to remove debris in space. KMI’s goal is #KeepingSpaceClearForAll
The Michigan Center for Rural Health encourages residents across the state to mark National Rural Health Day. The annual event is an opportunity to celebrate the “Power of Rural” and honor the individuals and organizations dedicated to addressing the unique healthcare needs of nearly 61 million people living in rural America.
This current era of remote work allows professionals across many industries to choose where they want to work. For many, that choice is to work from home. A few professionals share their stories and perspectives of national remote work while living in the U.P.
“In my vision of the future, we have more predictable, more robust, safer and greener transportation and logistics systems — and it’s based on being connected and the data we can gather,” said Kuilin Zhang, associate professor at Michigan Technological University.
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