LANSING — Michigan will offer a $10,000 annual fellowship to 2,500 students as an incentive to teach in the state. The awards, included in the state’s budget that began Oct. 1, are for college students on track to become educators and will be given to students once they are admitted ...
By CLAIRE SAVAGE Associated Press Report for America CHICAGO — As the new school year swings into gear, some students carry heavier worries than keeping up with homework: Demand has been growing steadily for children’s books that address traumatic events such as school ...
ATLANTA, Illinois — This Thanksgiving, your pumpkin pie might have a lower carbon footprint. On the central Illinois farms that supply most of the world’s canned pumpkin, farmers are adopting regenerative techniques designed to reduce emissions, attract natural pollinators like bees and butterflies and improve the health of the soil. The effort is backed by Libby’s, the 150-year-old canned food company, which processes 120,000 tons of pumpkins each year — or about 85% of the world’s total canned pumpkin — from these Illinois fields. Libby’s parent, the Swiss ...
MARQUETTE — In the mood for an otherwordly tale or two: Two authors are scheduled to discuss their book, “Great Lakes Monsters and Mysteries,” at the next U.P. Notable Book List event set for Oct. 13. The Crystal Falls Community District Library, in partnership with the Upper Peninsula ...
Sixteen-year-old Adismarys Abreu had been discussing a long-lasting birth control implant with her mother for about a year as a potential solution to increasing menstrual pain. Then Roe v. Wade was overturned, and Abreu joined the throng of teens rushing to their doctors as states began to ban or severely limit abortion. “I’m definitely not ready to be pregnant,” said Abreu, who had Nexplanon — a reversible, matchstick-sized contraceptive — implanted in her arm in August. Her home state of Florida bans most abortions after 15 weeks, and not having that option is “such a ...
MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University’s Lydia M. Olson Library is one of 50 U.S. libraries selected from more than 250 applicants to host the “Americans and the Holocaust” traveling exhibit from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. The exhibit examines the motives, pressures and ...
