Western Region

Portage Health in Lake Linden has a new doctor.

Portage Health home to two new doctors

Portage Health will be employing two recent graduates from the Marquette Family Medicine Residency Program. Six doctors graduated after three years with the residency program hosted at Marquette General Hospital […]

The beauty that is Isle Royale.
Northern Michigan vacationers can stay close to home

Source: MyNorth.com

Michigan's Children
Long-time children’s advocate embraces new role

As Matt Gillard takes the helm of Michigan’s Children, a statewide, nonpartisan advocacy group, he plans to move children’s issues up the priority list for elected officials. 

Biologist gets grant to research grain genetics
Time  to score some goals -- or stop them if you're the goalie type.
Three former Tech hockey players get NHL contracts

Source; ABC 10

Michigan DEQ director Dan Wyant.
Q&A with Dan Wyant, Director of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality

Dan Wyant, director of the MDEQ, sat down and had a chat about the Clean Air Act and carbon emissions. See what he had to say. 

Michigan Technological University is home to some of the brightest students in the country.
MTU gets $5 million grant to improve science education in local schools

Source: WLUC-TV

Sand Point Lighthouse, Escanaba
U.P. is a perfect Michigan getaway

Source: Detroit Free Press

Odd things to do in Michigan this summer

Source: WDET

Michigan makes summer in the Midwest awesome

Source: Huffington Post

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