Rural Michigan

This achingly recent incident does not define the people who call this very special place, northern Michigan, home.

For students aiming to become Michigan Department of Natural Resources conservation officers, one program at Northern Michigan University gives them the science and hands-on experience needed to pass the test.

Starting Tuesday, camping and lodging fees at Michigan state parks will increase. Some parks are also fully or partially closed for maintenance this summer.

This year's Au Sable River Canoe Marathon featured a record 230 paddlers from 21 states and four countries racing overnight from Grayling to Oscoda.

The name on a gravestone atop Mount Arvon has no clear ties to Michigan. Our reporter looked into why it might be up there.

Customers come from all over to visit the Jampot, a tiny bakery on a monastery way up on a remote Michigan peninsula.

Tourists use local government services but don’t directly fund them. Some people want to change that by redirecting some hotel tax revenue from tourism promotion to local governments.

Eagles are sacred for many Native Americans, who can obtain dead birds for religious use through the federal government. Bird flu has slowed the already-lengthy process.

Congress withdrew $20 million that was earmarked for stream restoration and farmland preservation across northwest Michigan after groups already spent $450,000 getting ready for the projects.

After 25 years, Leelanau County residents and visitors would finally be able to hike, bike and sled on the slopes of an abandoned ski resort.

Long-distance musher Laura Neese opened MI Dog: Michigan’s summer sled dog center to showcase the sport and make money in the off-season.

Small towns near Indiana and Wisconsin are home to an outsized number of pot dispensaries. That’s helped prop up some community budgets but some wonder at what cost.

Officials generally acknowledge around 300 waterfalls in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. ‘Yooper Steve’ says he’s found more than 800 and is on a mission to find 1,000.

Michigan’s local public health agencies have scrapped programs and scaled back services amid federal funding cuts.

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is auctioning off 124 properties state officials say are better managed by private hands. Lakefront properties, vast forestland and an island are all up for grabs.

Pending legislation would make it easier to build crypto mines in Michigan. One Upper Peninsula community knows the mines don’t always make good neighbors.

Crypto’s gone increasingly mainstream, but many still don’t understand how the financial technology works. We’re here to help.

Michigan game regulators tore into Ted Nugent’s June testimony at the state Capitol, calling his comments underinformed and disrespectful to conservation officers.

The 'big, beautiful bill' is heading to President Donald Trump's desk for signature thanks to support from Michigan Republicans in the US House. Here's what it could mean for the state.

The ‘big, beautiful bill’ could spell big trouble for Michigan hospitals, according to experts, who say rural facilities could be forced to scale back services or even close because of Medicaid cuts.