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Small-Town Innovation at Glen Oaks Community College

By Grant Zamora FISH POOP: Crops love it.Glen Oaks Community College in Centreville is at the heart of an agricultural innovation that prepares students for...

Great Education on the Great Lakes

The Great Lakes Maritime Academy (GLMA), a part of Northwestern Michigan College (NMC) that is located on its Grand Traverse campus in Traverse City,...

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum

The recent discovery of the wreck of the Nucleus is just one of many stories brought to light by the museum. The Gordon Lightfoot song...

More Milk

The Michigan Dairy Industry's Commitment to Community Michigan is certainly known for its agriculture, with varying growing seasons and products. But one of our state’s...

America’s Only Nickel Mine is in the Upper Peninsula

Not many business models begin with an ending in mind. But that’s how Eagle Mine in western Marquette County started its business activity. “With the...

Big Blue Business

Over 13,000 years ago, tiny azure berries were located on leafy bushes and enjoyed by indigenous Americans gathering food. Back then, blueberries were referred...

The Future Looks Bright for ActionGlow

In 2012, Dakota, now 26, and Garret, now 23, Porter shot an application video to appear on ABC’s ”Shark Tank,” a reality TV show...

The Iceman Cometh

Every year on the first weekend in November, around 5,000 mountain bicyclists take off down the runway at Kalkaska Airport and barrel through the...

Music to Our Ears

So many of us have fond memories of art and music classes in our school days. So often, it was a chance to decompress...

A Story 100 Years In The Making

When Chad Munger held just a palmful of Rosen rye seeds in his hand in 2020, it was the beginning, or at least the...

Sandwiches & Wraps Recipes Due by May 1

Share your favorite “Sandwiches & Wraps” recipe with us by May 1 and you could win a $100.00 credit on your electric bill. Plus,...