Rural Michigan

Michigan needs at least 400 new dentists and even more dental hygienists to overcome a shortage that has some Michiganders waiting weeks or months to get care.

The group is affiliated with efforts to stop the Copperwood mine. Michigan’s dark sky legislation can restrict lighting but can’t stop development.

Mackinac Island rejected planned price hikes for the two passenger ferries servicing the island. Both are owned by the same Florida company that is now suing the city, claiming officials overstepped their authority.

A new air quality permit for the Copperwood mine in Gogebic County requires additional testing for mine vents and emissions and places limits on emergency generators that run on natural gas and emit formaldehyde.

One after another, Rapid River’s young people died of overdoses, as a small town learned it can’t escape Michigan’s opioid crisis.

Northern Michigan is squeezed by downsizing. Trump officials blame Joe Biden, saying he hired thousands ‘with no plan in place to pay them.’

Seeking to boost tourism year-around, communities from Alpena to Gaylord and into the Upper Peninsula are adding winter events to lure visitors during the slow season. Is it working? Kind of.

A new ordinance in Brooks Township includes a host of hard-to-meet permit conditions for any new cemetery. ‘Green burial’ proponents say they’re being unfairly targeted. Local leaders say they’re merely protecting groundwater.

Rural Michigan continues to have a shortage of psychiatric beds, according to Health and Human Services Department data.

Iron Mountain may castrate bucks to spur closure of its historic deer park, which has lost its luster as herds now roam local yards.

What happened in Fremont is exactly the sort of mire the state was hoping to prevent when it passed siting reforms in November 2023, creating an alternative pathway for zoning applications.

What’s on tap in Michigan: An outdoor adventure show in Novi, winter beer festival and a vintage snowmobile convention. Make the most of it.

Mercury will briefly join six other worlds in the planet ‘parade’ that began last month.

Both hires are intended to beef up coverage of underserved areas and topics. Newsletter launches are planned in the next few months, following a period of big growth at Bridge.

What’s on tap this weekend in Michigan: Fish without a license, world-championship ice fishing, maple-syrup making and illuminated trails. Make the most of it.

While there is no evidence of an established population below the Mackinac Bridge, state biologists say there is some suitable habitat in the peninsula’s far northern reaches.

La Niña is causing heavier and more frequent snowfall across the North, leading to colder and stormier conditions.

At Michigan national parks, lakeshores and hiking trails, officials are grappling with a hiring freeze and potential loss of federal funding under Trump, who is vowing to cut wasteful government spending.

Intrigued by a brisk, refreshing winter dip? Before you do, follow this advice to stay safe.

Warmer temperatures and reduced ice cover on the Great Lakes are making Michigan winters messier, leading to more intense lake-effect snow and disruptions to winter activities like ice fishing.