Northwood University is reimagining its central pathway through campus, known as the Mall Walk, and adding flood mitigation security measures underground. The University hopes to use the location to host events and welcome the community once construction is complete.
Through a program called The Learning Kitchen, offered by GenesisHOPE Community Development Corporation, third through eighth graders are top contenders when it comes to eating more fruits and vegetables.
Jason Laplow, a student at Dow High, and Caitlin Quinn, a student at Midland High, are the Editor-in-Chiefs of their school newspapers. This year has brought many challenges to student leadership — challenges they both faced head-on.
McKenna Wasmer found healing from the loneliness of quarantine in the words of Charlotte Brontë’s classic novel, Jane Eyre.
The results of the Connected Nation broadband and technology survey are in. An action plan is outlined to address the infrastructure and speed issues throughout Midland County. Resources for affording broadband are available for low-income families.
Applications for the popular Windward Bound educational program on the Appledore are due on April 21.
Downtown Story Day is this Saturday, April 10 from noon to 4 p.m. Farm-themed children’s books will be read every half hour at participating businesses, with a chance to win the books being read. Did we mention there will be goats?
Steve Scott, owner of Craft Hemp Company, focuses on hemp education in his downtown Midland store. He sources his hemp from growers in Shepherd, Mid Michigan Hemp Supply and Ag Marvels. Ag Marvels also happens to be the biggest hemp processor in Michigan.
In northwest Michigan, educators, mental health professionals, and food service directors are teaming up to support the children they serve by connecting the dots between good nutrition and good mental health.
Anti-Racist Midland (ARM) continues working with Midland Public Schools and the community to make Midland more equitable. ARM will soon be releasing a podcast of oral histories with the intent to amplify Black voices, in partnership with the Midland County Historical Society and the Cultural Awareness Coalition.
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