Quality of Life

Despite an unseasonably warm winter, tulips are in full bloom in Holland, where thousands of people are expected to attend the nine-day annual festival.

For many Michigan residents, rising temperatures mean it’s time to get their boats in the water. Before doing so, owners must make sure their watercraft are registered. Here’s how.

Tawas Point Lighthouse will reopen for the 2024 season after a year of construction. The $455,500 project was made possible through the federal American Rescue Plan Act.

Squatting continues to be an issue for homeowners across the country. As people prepare to go on vacation this summer or return to their homes there are a few measures they can take if they encounter squatters.

Michigan drivers are paying an average of $54 to fill a 15-gallon tank. Prices are at a yearly high for the third week in a row.

Rankings from two moving companies again show far more leaving Michigan than entering it in 2023. Allied Van Lines says 57% of the state’s moving trucks left for another state.

The state may not look a day over 185, but today is the anniversary of Michigan joining the union in 1837. Brush up on some lesser known Michigan facts.

Officials in Dearborn have expanded a sewer trap program to control the city’s rat population. Ypsilanti and Flint find other proactive approaches.

The Area Agency on Aging 1-B offers short-term financial relief to family members to hire a relative or friend to help out with an older loved one.

Michigan gas prices are the lowest they have been all year. Drivers are paying an average of $2.96 per gallon for regular gas.

With holiday travel approaching, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is urging dog owners to be aware of a “mystery illness” that is sweeping the nation.

Food banks, soup kitchens and other charities say they’re stretching resources as demand for help rises.

Three years after the pandemic, 34% of American adults reported feeling isolated from others. In 2018, 27% reported the same feelings.

The bad news: Michigan had a net loss of 9,900 residents to other states last year. The good news: That’s fewer than 2021, when the state lost 15,000 residents.

A poll conducted at University of Michigan’s Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation suggested that 1 in 3 older Michigan residents were victims of scams in the last two years. Those who described their mental and physical health in fair or poor condition were more likely to be targeted.

It’s fall back Sunday. Despite legislative action and grim health and economic reports, switching clocks twice a year isn’t going away anytime soon.

Humanitarian groups are raising money as bloodshed intensifies. Here’s a guide to reputable organizations.

The Double Up Food Bucks program matches money spent on fruit and vegetables for families who receive food assistance.

From 2019 to 2022, median household income in Michigan rose $7,400 — but high inflation turned that gain into an $1,800 drop in buying power and lowered the state’s median household income to 37th in the nation.

The Anishinaabemowin language was systemically suppressed by a century of Indian boarding schools. Now, tribal members are trying to reclaim the language and culture of their ancestors.