The Michigan State Police, Emergency Management and Homeland Security Division is urging residents and visitors to stay protected during extreme heat even experienced here in the Upper Peninsula. Extreme heat has the ability to be life-threatening. By taking the proper precautions, you can ...

During National Wellness Month, the American Red Cross encourages people to prioritize their personal health and well-being while helping to save lives with a blood or platelet donation. Donors of all blood types — especially those with type O-positive or B-negative blood — are asked to ...

The U.S. economy desperately needs more electricity. Demand is projected to outstrip supply in the coming years, largely due to data centers powering artificial intelligence. That leaves the government no choice: To avoid an energy crisis, it needs to supersize the nation’s electrical ...

“When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best.… They’re bringing drugs, they’re bringing crime, they’re rapists.” So declared presidential candidate Donald Trump after descending the golden escalator at Trump Tower in New York and kicking off his first successful ...

Keep tabs on your alcohol consumption, especially if you are getting older, have health issues or take medications, urges the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Michiganders may react differently to alcohol as they get older than they did in their younger years as aging ...

On July 24, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced a reorganization of the U.S. Department of Agriculture that will relocate thousands of federal employees and close a regional U.S. Forest Service office in Milwaukee. The changes are expected to reduce the USDA’s footprint ...