Posts published in “Guest Column”

  Michigan has not identified cychlorphine in overdose surveillance, and state health officials say no public alert has been issued because no confirmed detection has occurred. That is reassuring, but only up to a point.…

  We find ourselves at a historic moment in 2026, one made even more significant by its ties to west Michigan. This month Artemis II took a crew of humans to fly by the Moon,…

  I started my journalism career with a typewriter, a notebook and a pretty basic motivation: I wanted to know what was happening in my community, and why. The typewriter is long gone, replaced by…

  Michigan is set to receive over $173 million in federal funding through the Rural Health Transformation Program to improve health care access in rural communities. This is thanks to President Trump’s One Big Beautiful…

  Spring break is here. Across Michigan, families are packing suitcases, planning road trips and looking forward to a few days of rest and reconnection. Travel broadens children’s worlds and can introduce them to new…

  Data centers, solar farms, megasites for manufacturing. Some of Michigan’s biggest news headlines point to game-changing economic trends like these with the potential for huge statewide impacts. But behind these headlines is another story,…

  Michigan has everything it needs to be the best state in the country again. We’ve got smart kids, committed teachers and parents who care deeply about whether schools are actually preparing their children for…

  Nothing shatters you like receiving a devastating medical diagnosis for your child. Our family began walking this journey at my 19-week ultrasound. We’d gone into the procedure excited to learn the sex of our…

  Oftentimes, living in a quaint, small town comes with little worry. When you get up in the morning, you expect your clean water will run so you can brush your teeth. You expect that…