Neighborhoods get a lift from investors who take on worst of the worst houses
It takes vision to see the finished product when dealing with a house that looks like it should be torn down. Jeremy Cole helps people see.
Mark Wedel's Latest Articles
Musicians and artists will be popping up in Battle Creek
The people going against the conventional wisdom about Battle Creek.
You have one hour to escape: Game rooms popular in big cities make their way to Portage, Kalamazoo
In a building of secrets, people solve the puzzles that will allow them to escape. That's the idea behind escape rooms and now they've come to the Kalamazoo area.
Technology turns farming into a high precision business that protects environment, controls costs
Technology adds a level of precision to farming that has not been seen before.
Michigan Dune Alliance helps protect Michigan’s iconic sand dunes from invasive species
Volunteers are working to make sure invasive weeds don't strangle Michigan's sand dunes.
From elementary schoolers to adults, Generation E inspires entrepreneurs
Sometimes kids can inspire their parents. That's what happened when the Diamante household found its entrepreneurial spirit thanks to Generation E Institute.
Good wood: How you can enjoy your campfire while protecting Michigan’s forests
This is why you should not be moving firewood from place to place.
Michigan’s pig problem: What to do if you see a smart, tusky animal in Michigan’s outdoors
Cast not your pearls before (feral) swine. Especially if those swine are invasive wild boars intent on devouring Michigan's natural landscapes and farmland. Mark Wedel tells us why these tusky invaders are a growing threat in Michigan, and what's being done to control them.
New Harvest preschool creates a place where little ones can learn
With perhaps as many an 800 youngsters who need preschool in the Battle Creek area, a preschool formed this year is trying to make a difference.
New trail in Portage is gentle, curvy, a little bit hilly
Relocated trail takes riders through at 140-acre piece of forest and wetlands and connects suburbs of Portage with South County farmlands.
