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Why Michigan’s rural schools wrestle with funding, staffing challenges

LANSING – Public education advocates are pushing for more per-pupil state aid to schools in high-poverty areas and isolated rural communities and for special education students. Alex Stamm is the education policy analyst at the Michigan League for Public Policy, a research and advocacy ...

Corned beef, green beer and the American remix of St. Patrick’s Day

Every March 17, millions of Americans don green clothing, crowd into Irish pubs and toast with emerald-tinted beer to celebrate St. Patrick's Day, boosting the economy by about $7 billion. They'll feast on corned beef and cabbage, watch parades featuring leprechauns and shamrocks and embrace ...

St. Vincent de Paul launches $1.2 million capital campaign

MARQUETTE — The Marquette District of St. Vincent de Paul has officially launched a $1.2 million capital campaign aimed at renovating its 2119 Presque Isle Ave. location. “Just over four years ago, 10 of our Vincentians formed a revitalization committee, because they were concerned that ...

Tavaris Jackson found guilty on all counts

ESCANABA – A jury has found Tavaris Jackson guilty on all counts in the 2023 killing of 22-year-old Harley Corwin, bringing an end to a closely watched trial in Delta County. The verdict was delivered Thursday in the Delta County 47th Circuit Court following a trial that began with jury ...

Jackson found guilty in Delta trial

ESCANABA - A jury has found Tavaris Jackson guilty on all counts in the 2023 killing of 22-year-old Harley Corwin, bringing an end to a closely watched trial in Delta County. The verdict was delivered Thursday in the Delta County 47th Circuit Court following a trial that began with jury ...