The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is observing Brain Injury Awareness Month this March to highlight ways to prevent brain injuries. Traumatic brain injury and acquired brain injury are leading causes of injury-related death and disability in the United States and in ...

Bouquet: Wonderful sunshine, nice little breeze and FANTASTIC kite display for the second-annual Kites Over Awesome Lake Antoine, or KOALA, event on the lake last Saturday. The traffic was amazing, as so many families were out to see the giant kites, walk and play in the snow and just enjoy a ...

Immortal words by Theodor Seuss Geisel, more famously known as Dr. Seuss, are posted on the state of Michigan website, www.michigan.gov, under the declaration of March as Reading Month. “The more you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you will ...

Go ahead and vote “yes” to both of the statewide referendums on your April 4 ballot. Just don’t expect much to change as a result. Both questions — whether to allow judges more discretion in setting bail, and whether to require welfare recipients to seek employment — will be on ...

As proud Upper Peninsula residents, we believe in our ability to stand strong and apart from the rest of the world. We are indeed blessed to live in this beautiful part of the country with diverse landscape where some might say there are more trees than people. Many generations of us have ...

Michigan lawmakers, driven by the recent mass shooting at Michigan State University, Thursday will begin considering stricter gun control measures. The debate should stay fact-based and focus on how the proposals will actually impact assaults such as the one that hit MSU. That won’t be ...