TV6's Cody Boyer spoke with a man who now must commute hundreds of miles every week and the school superintendent to see how the community continues to feel the impact.
Being food insecure doesn’t mean people are lazy or can’t handle their money. It means they might not have the necessary resources to get the food they need.
According to Feeding America West Michigan, about 40,000 people across the U.P. are food insecure. That’s roughly one in every eight people in the Upper Peninsula.
Janzen House Director Brent Clark said the City of Marquette’s unhoused population is growing at a rate that service organizations are struggling to keep up with.
At Wednesday night’s Powell Township Planning Commission meeting, residents who oppose the launch site delivered a petition that asks the township to amend its zoning ordinance.
According to the Department of Energy, Michigan is host to 1200 charging stations. Only 29 of those are in the U.P. creating pockets of so-called “charging deserts.”