Some townships are having trouble attracting or retaining elected officials, in part because of threats and hostility from ...

The Michigan Department of Education awarded $224 million in grants to help school districts with building upkeep. The state ...

Local governments are still pushing legislation – languishing for more than a year in a House committee – to establish a ...

It’s gotten harder for fire departments in Michigan and nationally to recruit volunteer firefighters. The state has updated ...

For communities around many of Michigan’s public universities, declining enrollments and inadequate state funding may have ...

With magnificent sand dunes, sparkling blue-green water and bucolic cherry orchards, Northern Michigan is a paradise for ...

Every spring, as the Great Lakes region warms, scientists watch for the return of harmful algal blooms. Scientists begin predicting the blooms weeks or even months before they become visible and the ...

A Traverse City man faces a November trial on charges of illegally discharging sewage into Lake Michigan near White Shoal ...

Stormwater runoff at data center sites is another environmental challenge developers are facing because it contains particulates harmful to the public and the ecosystem, critics say. Amidst growing ...

Michigan State football faced its first Big Ten test of the season, and fell 31-13 to a poised Nebraska squad on its home ...

LANSING – Many tourism destination communities across Michigan face short-term rental controversies, and some have imposed new regulations to limit short-term rentals. Regulations differ from ...

LANSING — Most households in Jackson get their water through lead pipes. But the city is making significant progress in changing that, an official said. “We have about 12,000 water service lines in ...