PAW PAW, Mich. — On a windy December morning in rural southwest Michigan, an American flag flapped at half-staff outside Paw Paw Early Elementary School. A social worker with a miniature therapy dog named Trixie offered comfort at the entry doors. Children wearing face masks scampered off ...

By CHRISTIE MASTRIC Journal Staff Writer NEGAUNEE — Negaunee High School’s environmental science class has been awarded a $2,000 grant to support a project that will bring more local food into the lunch room. U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Agriculture Service Learning ...

JOHANNESBURG — The omicron variant appears to cause less severe disease than previous versions of the coronavirus, and the Pfizer vaccine seems to offer less defense against infection from it but still good protection from hospitalization, according to an analysis of data from South Africa, ...

MARQUETTE — Pets can’t verbally express their gratitude for being adopted from a shelter to their new parents, but one local school has made that task a little easier. The Upper Peninsula Animal Welfare shelter expressed its appreciation to a North Star Montessori Academy classroom via ...

MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University graduating senior Lynda “Lyndie” Unterkircher of downstate Sturgis finds herself in a position she never could have predicted when she first arrived on campus. The first-generation college student and self-described “quiet person” is the newly ...

MARQUETTE — Michigan schools fail to identify students with dyslexia and fail to provide them with services they need to succeed, critics say. The widespread genetic and often hereditary disability makes it harder to read or interpret new words and symbols. It has no impact on ...