LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) — Suzette Haywood intended to retire from her career as a teacher last year, but when the COVID-19 pandemic caused education to practically be turned upside down, she knew she couldn’t call it quits. “I didn’t want to end on that kind of a note,” Haywood told ...

MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University alumnus Jeff Vande Zande has published his latest collection of short stories. “The Neighborhood Division” travels down the shady lanes of the American neighborhood. From kids egging windows to lost joggers and insomniacs to basement prisoners ...

LANSING — Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II recently announced that Henry Ford College and Dearborn Public Schools have launched the state’s first Financial Empowerment Curriculum, which teaches youth the basic principles of managing their money. The pilot program represents the beginning of ...

MARQUETTE —  Michigan College Access Network is partnering with San Diego State University’s Center for Equity and Postsecondary Attainment to launch the School Counselor Fellows Program. The two-year program will provide ongoing mentorship and training. One of the chosen counselors is ...

MARQUETTE — Local novelist and historical fiction writer John Smolens will do a Zoom reading from his new novel “Day of Days” as part of Peter White Public Library’s Authors Reading Virtually monthly. The book revolves around the real-life events of a school bombing that took place ...

ESCANABA — Inspired by the GI Bill which provided college education to those serving their country in World War II, “Futures for Frontliners” is a tuition-free pathway aimed at those essential workers who have not yet obtained an associate or bachelor’s degree and want to advance their ...