Author: Interlochen Public Radio
Migrant farm work has boomed in Michigan. The feds just cut workers’ pay
The decision comes after years of outcry from some farmers that the cost of labor, transportation and housing for H-2A workers was making it impossible to break even.
Shamroe reelected in Traverse City, approve 1 change to Brown Bridge fund
Voters gave Traverse City Mayor Amy Shamroe a second term on Tuesday, while others outside the city made decisions on services and infrastructure.
Arctic grayling, wiped out more than a century ago, return to the Boardman-Ottaway River
The release follows years of planning and months spent carefully raising the fish, from which the City of Grayling got its name.
Many Michigan families can’t find child care. Will $400K help Up North?
A new state grant will build on a model developed in Leelanau County, hoping to alleviate the so-called “child care deserts” in parts of northern Michigan.
Traverse City leaders, assorted ballot questions await northern Michigan voters
Voters head to the polls Tuesday for local elections that include the mayor and three city commission seats in Traverse City and a handful of ballot proposals elsewhere.
