Photo by diane39 Michigan’s schools have received their report cards, and many are full of failing grades. According to the Michigan Student Test of Educational Programs (known as M-STEP), on average across the state, only three of five third-grade students can read proficiently. That means two out of five third-graders cannot read to their grade ...
Photo: Wikimedia Commons Since 1999, the Canadian-Pacific and Kansas City Southern Christmas Trains (CPKC) have traveled across parts of the United States and Canada, spreading good will and cheer while collecting money/food for food banks in both countries. Food insecurity has increased dramatically in both countries over the last 25 years. At various stops, the ...
The USDA says November’s SNAP funds will not be distributed Next month, around 11,000 Washtenaw County households will face increased food insecurity when the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) suspends November payment for its Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), as a result of the “ongoing federal government funding lapse.” About 5,000 of these Washtenaw County ...
Photo by Steve Sheldon The Croswell Opera House invited a few hundred of their friends and supporters to a party as they announced their 2026 season. And what a season it promises to be. The City of Adrian, a town of 19,985 people, has for years wrapped their collective arms around their crowned jewel — ...
“The captain wired in, he had water comin’ inAnd the good ship and crew was in perilAnd later that night when his lights went out of sightCame the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” –Gordon Lightfoot, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald In the aftermath of the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald on November 10, 1975, ...
By Windy Veker Photo courtesy of Michigan Technological University Imagine being immersed in a cornucopia of quiet forest sounds — small animals rustling in the underbrush, birds chirping softly, wind gently shifting the leaves. This is what visitors to Michigan Technological University’s Tech Trails can experience inside the recently installed nature megaphone. The 10-foot-long conical wooden ...
The Michigan state average dropped 13 cents from a week ago Gas prices in Michigan are down 13 cents from last week. Michigan drivers are now paying an average of $2.79 per gallon for regular unleaded, which is a new 2025-low. This price is 41 cents less than this time last month and 49 cents less than this time last year. Motorists are paying ...
Photo: Bonnie (Emma Skaggs) and Clyde (Kevin Ludwig) in their getaway car. Photo by Lad Strayer. Continuing with the love theme of their 2025 season’s playbill, Adrian’s Croswell Opera House opened Bonnie & Clyde Friday evening to a mostly full house. The show premiered on Broadway in December 2011, with the script by Ivan Menchall, ...
By Steve Gwisdalla ([email protected]) My son plays soccer. He is the Goalkeeper for Dexter High School and has been the starter on Varsity both his freshman year and this season. This was a particularly tough season, as injuries and a grueling schedule took its toll on a very young team. At one point this season, ...
Photo: The water of the Looking Glass River reflects the blue sky, green shoreline grasses and a healthy white-tailed deer standing on the riverbank. This is one type of habitat where EHD outbreaks may occur. Courtesy of DNR After finding a dead deer in her yard, a local resident reached out to The Sun Times ...
To ensure students’ safety when traveling to and from school, police officers across Michigan will be ramping up patrols looking for drivers illegally passing school buses. “Operation Safe Stop” (OSS) is a statewide enforcement campaign that will be conducted October 20-24 in conjunction with National School Bus Safety Week. Participating police agencies will work with ...
Every fall, Michigan yards turn golden, and sometimes contentious. When your neighbor’s leaves end up in your yard, it can raise an age-old question: Who’s responsible for cleaning them up? The short answer: it depends on how they got there. No Law Against Nature If leaves fall or blow naturally from your neighbor’s trees, Michigan ...
Photo: Mugg & Bopps at the corner of Main and I-94 in Chelsea. Google Street View Editor’s note: An earlier version of this article referenced an October 1, 2025, effective date for the new tax plan. It has since been corrected to the act’s effective date of October 7, 2025. It will go into operational ...
Claire Wilcox, University of New Mexico Photo: Research has found that high-sugar, ultraprocessed foods can be addictive for some people. Credit: Motortion | iStockphotos People often joke that their favorite snack is “like crack” or call themselves “chocoholics” in jest. But can someone really be addicted to food in the same way they could be ...
Author| Kara Gavin for Michigan Medicine Adults age 50 to 80 who meet criteria for an addiction to ultra-processed foods are far more likely to report being overweight, or be in fair or poor mental or physical health They were the first generation of Americans to grow up with ultra-processed foods all around them – ...
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