Gretchen Whitmer and the Michigan Department of Labor and Economic ... “These Rural Readiness Grants will help rural ...

Produced by former NMU professor Dr. Michael Loukinen, this may be the most in-depth oral history film of a Michigan rural community ever made.

Teacher recruitment and retention continue to be major challenges, especially in rural communities. A few our neighbors have played a part in solving the issue. A look into their solutions.

As Pride season approaches across Michigan, organizers are demonstrating remarkable resilience in the face of mounting ...

A service provider is seeking to expand high-speed Internet to underserved areas in at least a half-dozen counties. If its applications are approved, the expansion would focus on rural areas.

With rising food costs Northern Michigan food pantries are seeing ... the Roscommon food insecurity rate is just over 17%. Rural communities face obstacles that may not be as prevalent in larger ...

ALLEGAN COUNTY, MI -- A community in rural southwest Michigan is uniting to prevent the construction of a Dollar General. Roughly 80 residents packed into a small church for the Monterey Township ...

Michigan state officials this week announced a state rural readiness grant for the nonprofit Beaver Island Association to plot a course to extend broadband internet across the community ...

NORTHERN MICHIGAN,, (WPBN/WGTU) - - Health resources are harder to access in rural communities and addiction treatment services are reaching out and going on the road to help bring their services ...