Dr. Leslie Pelkey, Cherry Health’s chief medical officer.

Lack of broadband access is a barrier to health care – and Michigan is aiming to eliminate it

COVID-19 exposed Michigan's digital divide, and its sobering effect on residents' ability to access health care during the pandemic. But efforts are underway to address it.

Battle Creek voters approve funding for improvements including creation of an arts academy

When voters were asked for a second time to approve funding that would allow improvements to two schools in the Battle Creek Public School district they said "yes."

The Thumb Blessing Box on the Thumbody Express.
Thumb-area collaboration blesses bus riders with food and more

For over a decade, Tuscola County Intermediate School District has worked with Michigan Fitness Foundation to respond to needs in the community by delivering nutrition education and physical activity promotion through Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education programs. 

The Dump: Marshall mountain bikers have a well-kept secret in this difficult trail

The Dump trail, near Marshall, is maintained by volunteers who also manage a Facebook page that contains alerts, updates, and comments from people who have ridden and hiked the trail. They say everyone who loves it adds to it.  

Get scared: A visit to Psych Ward Haunted House

For 19 years Psych Ward Haunted House has been scaring Kalamazoo.

PODCAST: From health inequity to a “hyperjump” for Michigan

On this week's episode of Michigan's State of Health, we're digging into  how COVID-19 has helped to raise awareness of Michigan's health inequities and the importance of addressing them.

Amy St. Germain, a nutrition educator at the YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids, works as a Farmers Market Food Navigator at the Muskegon Farmers Market.
Food Navigators deliver healthy food to the people

While many farmers markets draw people to their location to buy local fresh fruits and vegetables, the YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids takes the farmers market to the people of Muskegon Heights. 

A DIGs workshop on asemma, or tobacco.
Here’s how the UP’s Debweyendan Indigenous Gardens build health, community, and food sovereignty

The sprawling community gardens aim to celebrate and preserve the knowledge and cultural identity of tribal people living in and around the village of L’Anse.

Frances Dahmer, 103, moved with her husband many times and they loved to dance together

At 103, Frances Dahmer says the secret to living a long life is to exercise and eat healthy.

Bond vote put forward after students and parents ask Battle Creek Schools to boost arts experiences

Expanding arts education and renovating aging school buildings are on the ballot for residents of the Battle Creek Public School district.

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