Crush of retirees a crisis in Michigan. State unprepared to meet their needs
by Robin Erb (Bridge Michigan) For months, Howard Gregor survived on pizza and TV dinners occasionally dropped off by a neighbor, trapped in a second-floor apartment that had become a cell. So hungry at times, the 82-year-old could do little more than pray for a knock at his door. Gregor’s barrier to the outside world […]
How to plan for aging in Michigan or take care of others: What to know
by Robin Erb (Bridge Michigan) As the first of its members blow out 60 birthday candles this year, Generation X can lean into its defining characteristics — resourcefulness and independence — to remain active and financially stable for years to come. The key: Plan before a crisis. And for the generation that cut its teeth […]
Vernal pools hold hundreds of creatures. But how many exist in Michigan?
by Laura Herberg (Bridge Michigan) On a chilly spring day, Adrianna Allen, a naturalist at Seven Ponds Nature Center in Dryden, led a small group of curious residents through a wooded area. Chorus frogs, which she said “kinda sound like a finger running down a comb,” chirped nearby as Allen and her crew approached what […]
DOGE cuts hit Michigan youth programs, reading initiative
by Lauren Gibbons (Bridge Michigan) It didn’t take long for President Donald Trump’s sweeping federal funding cuts to impact the Raven Hill Discovery Center in northern Michigan, where founder Cheri Leach uses outdoors and hands-on activities to teach kids and their families the connections between science, art and history. The 157-acre indoor-outdoor center in East Jordan, […]
Gretchen Whitmer: I shouldn’t have hid my face in White House visit
by Jordyn Hermani (Bridge Michigan) Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Monday told reporters she regrets hiding her face during a visit to the Oval Office last week, a moment captured in a viral photograph. Whitmer was in Washington D.C., last week to give a speech about manufacturing and meet with President Donald Trump. Her office […]
Citizenship, voter ID proposal gets OK for petition drive
by Hayley Harding (Votebeat for Bridge Michigan) Backers of an effort to require new Michigan voters to produce proof of their U.S. citizenship have the go-ahead to begin their petition drive to get the question on the ballot next November as a proposed constitutional amendment.The bipartisan Board of State Canvassers on Friday unanimously approved a […]
Trump praises Whitmer, vows to ramp up Asian Carp fight to ‘save Lake Michigan’
by Lauren Gibbons (Bridge Michigan) Gov. Gretchen Whitmer earned high praise from President Donald Trump on Wednesday as her one-time critic expressed a willingness to advance several bipartisan priorities for Michigan. Whitmer and House Speaker Matt Hall, a Richland Township Republican, joined the president at an Oval Office event hours after the Democratic governor struck […]
70 international students face deportation in Michigan. Trump won’t say why
by Kelly House & Isabel Lohman (Bridge Michigan) The Trump administration has so far revoked the legal status of more than 70 international students and recent graduates at Michigan’s universities as part of an unannounced and unexplained national push to force deportations. That includes 22 students at the University of Michigan, 12 at Wayne State […]
It’s almost morel season, Michigan! Here’s how to find them — and how to cook them
by Laura Herberg (Bridge Michigan) Soon, the ground will warm to around 55 degrees and wild, edible morel mushrooms will begin popping up in Michigan. The season to find the coveted, nutty-flavored fungus usually starts in mid-April in the southern part of the state and lasts until mid-June in the Upper Peninsula. Morels can be […]
Colder winter a hopeful sign for this year’s fruit crop, Michigan growers say
by Janelle D. James Dennis Strahle is not a professional farmbut grows apples, pawpaws, apricots, persimmons and several types of cherries and nuts. Strahle, who is president of the Michigan Nut and Fruit Growers Association, said around this time last year, the Cornelian cherries and one of his plum trees were in full bloom. The […]
