19+ hour, 14+ min ago  (102+ words) WCMU Public Radio Helicopter vs. free-range parenting: What are the benefits of unsupervised play? Mounting evidence suggests a sheltered childhood may do more harm than good. Unsupervised play, once a normal part of American childhood, has largely been superseded by…...

17+ hour, 43+ min ago  (1561+ words) MARQUETTE, Mich. " Providing abortions was the last thing Shawn Brown thought she'd be doing when she opened an urgent care clinic in this remote town in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. But she also wasn't expecting the Planned Parenthood in Marquette to…...

12+ hour, 18+ min ago  (286+ words) The Michigan Department of Natural Resources says its monitoring increased water levels at the Cheboygan Dam in northern Michigan. In a press release, the department said rain and snow melt have led to increased water levels at the dam. They…...

1+ day, 23+ hour ago  (95+ words) WCMU Public Radio Savannah Guthrie returns to her anchor seat as her mother's abduction case remains unsolved Television host Savannah Guthrie made an emotional return to The Today Show this week, more than two months after her mother, Nancy Guthrie,…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (49+ words) WCMU Public Radio Is sharing too much information an attention-seeking annoyance? Or, is it a way to get ahead at work? Here & Now's Indira Lakshmanan speaks with Leslie John, author of the book "Revealing: The Underrated Power of Oversharing....

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (872+ words) It's been one year since thousands of tree limbs and powerlines snapped in half and fell from the sky in parts of Northern Michigan. The historic ice storm left more than 100, 000 customers without power, some were without power for weeks....

2+ day, 16+ hour ago  (374+ words) Parts of mid-Michigan are experiencing flooding after weekend storms. Flooding from the Saginaw River Watershed has left several roads in the Saginaw Bay region closed. Bryan Tilley, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said the Saginaw River is supposed…...

3+ mon, 6+ day ago  (668+ words) Two thousand flood victims across Midland, Gladwin and Saginaw counties will have their day in court as the class action and mass-tort lawsuit against the state of Michigan begins in January. After days of heavy rainfall in May 2020, the Edenville…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago  (280+ words) The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development announced the discovery of Bovine Tuberculosis in two northern Michigan cattle herds on Monday afternoon. This comes less than two months after a herd in Charlevoix was reported to be under quarantine…...

4+ week, 14+ hour ago  (513+ words) A herd of cows in Charlevoix, Michigan is still under investigation after the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, or MDARD, confirmed a cow tested positive for Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) in February. Bovine TB is a disease caused by…...