LANSING — While cornfields are abundant throughout the state, Michigan produces many more crops than just corn. Specialty crops, which are fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, flowers and other horticulture crops, are abundant in the Great Lake state. “We are the most agriculturally diverse ...

MARQUETTE — Eighteen students from Northern Michigan University’s Earth, Environmental and Geographical Sciences Department recently attended the 2023 West Lakes Division of the American Association of Geographers (AAG) meeting hosted by DePaul University in Chicago. Undergraduates Mary ...

LANSING — School districts across the state are continuing the search for bus drivers to fill critical positions. Katrina Morris, the executive director of the Michigan Association for Pupil Transportation, said there’s been a shortage for a while, but the COVID-19 pandemic made it ...

LANSING — As high school shop and technical education classes fade from curriculums across the nation, manufacturers are looking to increase the number of their workforce with their own training programs. Michigan is known for its manufacturing industry, being a leader in the automaking ...

MARQUETTE — Andrew Port, a leading scholar of modern Germany and professor at Wayne State University, will present “Never Again: Germans and Genocide after the Holocaust” at Northern Michigan University on Thursday. He will discuss how the Holocaust shaped German responses to ...

LANSING — The number of future educators in Michigan is on the rise once again after a severe dip in enrollment in teaching programs. The Michigan Department of Education says the state has the highest level of students preparing to become teachers since the 2013-14 school year. The ...