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 – ...
Eastern Michigan University celebrated a groundbreaking milestone: the graduation of the first cohort from its College in Prison program at the Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility—the only women’s prison in Michigan. EMU is the first public institution to establish a bachelor’s program for incarcerated women, where 12 students were awarded Bachelor of General Studies degrees, each graduating ...
Rohan Shah, University of Mississippi; Institute for Humane Studies A potentially worrisome trend is emerging among young adults. Instead of landing a job and moving to the big city after graduation, many are moving back into their childhood homes instead. About 1.5 million more adults under 35 live with their parents today than a decade ...
The Benzie Road Fire near Houghton Lake in Roscommon County, Michigan, is 100% contained, with fire crews putting water on remaining hot spots near the perimeter on Wednesday. “They will be out there for the next several days, mopping up to make sure the fire remains contained,” said Jeff Vasher, resource protection manager for the ...
A three-part series In his forthcoming book The Gales of November, author John U. Bacon explores the unique, often underestimated dangers of the Great Lakes. While many view these inland seas as scenic and benign, Bacon’s work, set against the backdrop of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinking, presents the Great Lakes as a force of nature as formidable as ...
Photo: Photo of the smoke from the 2025 Roscommon County wildfire. Courtesy DNR With fire danger extremely high across much of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula today, firefighters are working near Houghton Lake in Roscommon County to contain a wildfire burning since Sunday afternoon, Oct. 5, near the Roscommon State Forest Area. The fire was reported early ...
The Michigan Education Savings Program (MESP), the state’s tax-advantaged 529 college savings plan managed by TIAA, celebrated its 25th anniversary on Friday with a $25,529 donation to the Fostering Futures Scholarship Trust Fund in Detroit. The donation, which matched contributions up to the symbolic amount, will provide scholarships to young adults who have experienced foster ...
As the 50th anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald’s sinking approaches, John U. Bacon’s new book revisits Captain Ernest McSorley and the tragedy that claimed 29 lives. By Doug Marrin On November 10, 1975, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in Lake Superior in a powerful storm, taking with it 29 men and cementing its place in Great ...
Detroit’s Gordie Howe bridge is poised to open as truck traffic between US-Canada slows – low-income residents are deciding whether to stay or go By Paul Draus, University of Michigan-Dearborn Photo: View of Gordie Howe International Bridge over the Detroit River. Windsor, Canada – September 11, 2025. Photo by Erman Gunes Watching the space between two ...
ADHD affects about 1 in 11 children – how parents can recognize the signs and support success in and out of the classroom Author| Beata Mostafavi for Michigan Medicine Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, affects about 11% of children in the United States – and one of the biggest areas it shows up is ...
Only 35% of families use college savings programs. In partnership with the State of Michigan and Chelsea State Bank, the Chelsea District Library (CDL) is offering a free informational session about education savings programs offered by the State of Michigan. The event is scheduled for Tuesday, October 14, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the ...
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