Two years. 40,000 trees. 500 acres of forest. $375,000. The Southwest Michigan Land Conservancy and four regional partners have ambitious plans to improve lots of forest land.
Find out how bird watching and teaching literacy to first graders can ignite an old spark and lead to new pursuits.
Admission will be on a first-come, first-served basis as the Nature Center operates at limited capacity for the safety of all.
The use of technology expands to allow doctors to ‘see’ stay-at-home patients. Various physician offices in the area, as well as Bronson Healthcare, say COVID-19 speeded up a gradual switch to telehealth.
The smallest businesses affected by the coronavirus shut down are the focus of the Kalamazoo Micro-Enterprise Grants. Businesses are now being invited to apply.
RISE says its organization is about helping people in Battle Creek through traumatic times. Organizers say they saw a need in the community and we wanted to help. A food distribution program was the answer to that need.
As restaurants struggle to stay in business, Battle Creek offers a new way to help them out.
Kalamazoo Public Library works through what will make patrons feel safe and be safe when it reopens later this year.
COVID-19 has exacerbated the high levels of isolation today's older adults experience. But many providers are working to ease that loneliness by making calls to check in on Michigan’s elders.
"We want every citizen to know that the election this fall will happen and that they have the right to vote in it regardless of what's changing, in regards to the pandemic or anything else," says Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson.
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