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Tahquamenon safe schools

Upper Peninsula partners come together on Safe Routes to School program

The tiny village of Newberry is showing Yoopers and Michiganders alike how to collaborate to develop a better community through transportation.

Lt. Governor Calley to visit U.P.

Source: UpperMichigansSource.com

Houghton company receives award at White House
UP Food Challenge
U.P. for the (food) challenge

Cable TV shows have made food challenges popular, but in the Upper Peninsula, where appetites are as big as the snow drifts, many eateries have their own competitions, where some come, see and conquer.

100-year-old shipwreck found in Lake Superior

Source: Fox News

Isle Royale documentary gets good reviews

Source: Chicago Sun-Times

Algomah Acres products
Crowdfunding campaigns in Michigan offer (mostly) uplifting reports

Two northern Michigan entrepreneurs started up their businesses using crowdfunding, such as Kickstarter. Here's how they did it.

Roxane Gay of Pank
Literary magazines add to culture of Northern Michigan

Northern Michigan is home to some of the finest literary journals in the nation. Here are  four literary journals that are making a name for themselves and publishing some awesome prose from writers here in northern Michigan and around the country.

Aspirus has new CEO
North Country Trail supported by communities

Source: Mlive.com

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