The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has announced it will provide over $118 million in the form of food benefits to 983,531 students. The food benefits will be part of the new Michigan Summer Electronic Benefit program.  “We want to ensure children are able to access ...

The Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential recently announced they will open or expand 500 PreK classrooms, thanks to grants from the Great Start Readiness Program. Lawmakers celebrated the achievement last week in Detroit, at the Someplace Else Learning ...

Press release IncredibleBank is proud to announce the launch of a Teacher Supply Drive, running throughout the entire month of August. The bank branches in Houghton and Calumet are collecting essential classroom supplies to support local teachers and their students as they prepare for the ...

Press release Connor Kamm, a 2024 graduate of Houghton High School and a freshman at Northern Michigan University this fall, studying Welding Technology & HVACR is a winner of the 2024 Mike Rowe Work Ethic Program Scholarship. The scholarship is one created by the TV series host of ...

Press release HANCOCK — UP Health System – Portage, in collaboration with Copper Shores Community Health Foundation, is hosting its first youth health and wellbeing event, HeadsUP, on Tuesday, July 23, at Quincy Green on Quincy Street in Hancock. Copper Shores Community Health Educator ...

Thanks to a new grant from the Michigan Department of Corrections, employees seeking college credits have the opportunity to attend one of Michigan’s 31community colleges for free. This includes Gogebic Community College and Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College. Current state law ...