Rural Michigan

Traverse City is the cherry capital of the U.S., helping Michigan produce 70 percent of the nation’s tart cherries. This year’s harvest was challenging because of bad weather.

Limited transportation and resources mean that hungry kids can be many miles away from food assistance, experts and state data show.

The 18-bed psychiatric unit in Cheboygan is scheduled to serve 22 northern Michigan counties this summer, where there is an acute shortage of mental health professionals.

Federal authorities say a Houghton man spray-painted swastikas on a synagogue as part of a multi-state attack coordinated by members of a national white supremacist group.

Along the U.P. border, Michigan counties are losing people while their neighbors in Wisconsin are gaining. Local leaders say the Badger State’s investments in small businesses and infrastructure are paying off.

More than 93 percent in Michigan have access to high-speed internet. But access is lacking in rural areas, especially in the Upper Peninsula.

Kudzo is on the list of plants and animals that pose an immediate or potential threat to Michigan’s economy, environment or human health.

Moose are dying slow, agonizing deaths from Minnesota to Maine as warmer winters allow parasites to thrive, decimating herds. Numbers in the Upper Peninsula remain steady for now, but experts fear a downturn.

Spring floods in the Upper Peninsula were ‘of such severity and magnitude’ that the state needs federal help to recover, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer wrote to President Joe Biden and emergency management officials

Director David Siev joined Bridge Michigan for a discussion of his 2022 film set in Michigan’s Thumb during the pandemic.

Michigan has been in a dry spell for weeks now, and while more rain is needed, the threat of fire has eased.

The first of two planned “three free” weekends this weekend allows free fishing, state park entry and ORV riding in Michigan.

In tiny Watersmeet near the Wisconsin border, school and tribal leaders are incorporating Native language and culture into classrooms, hoping to rebuild an identity robbed from past generations.

Michigan is stepping into a national debate about the 'right to repair,' with bills that would make it easier for farmers to fix broken equipment instead of being forced to take it to the dealer.

Multiple Michigan wildfires have already incinerated thousands of acres of land. Here’s what you should do to avoid burning more.

A fire over the weekend in Grayling has caused concern across the state as dry temperatures and lack of rainfall make for the perfect conditions for wildfires. Officials, including Gov. Whitmer, are discouraging residents from lighting campfires.

Crews worked overnight to slow a fire that had grown to 3,000 acres. Much of Michigan is amid a heatwave, drought and is under high risk of fire.

Dozens of wildfires are burning across northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula. Conditions could get worse if the lack of rain continues.

In addition to a big federal loan, the company that owns the closed plant wants $300 million from Michigan taxpayers to reopen. Some bipartisan legislators back the idea.

Michigan leads the nation in potatoes produced for potato chips, but a deadly disease is killing up to half of potato farmers’ yield. MSU researchers are working on an environmentally safe treatment to slow disease spread.