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Norway Michigan: A Classic Community
What’s going on in Norway? In this piece we feature an interview with Norway City Manager Ray Anderson, and highlight the news and current happenings of interest in this classic Upper Peninsula community.
Interview with Don Wotruba, Executive Director of the Michigan Association of School Boards
In the latest episode of the Rural Insights Podcast, David sits down with Don Wotruba, UP native and Executive Director of the Michigan Association of School Boards, one of Lansing’s biggest educational associations and one of the most powerful in the state.
State Funding for Lower Income Students, Fudge and Pasties in the UP, NMU Changes Masking Policy, K-12 Mask Debate, and NMU Faculty Calls for Strike Authorization Vote
State Funding for Lower Income Students, Fudge and Pasties in the UP, NMU Changes Masking Policy, K-12 Mask Debate, and NMU Faculty Calls for Strike Authorization Vote. Check out this week’s edition of Rural Whispers, Noise & Rumors by David Haynes!
Interview with U.P. State Representative Sara Cambensy
In the latest episode of the Rural Insights Podcast, David Haynes talks with Sara Cambensy, State Representative for Michigan’s 109th District. Rep. Cambensy talks about some issues affecting the U.P. that the legislature will be working on in the current legislative session, and how rural areas like the U.P. can achieve greater influence in Lansing.
Michigan and UP Infrastructure, Veterans in the House and Senate, More on the Census, and Michigan’s Elected K-12 School Boards
Michigan and UP Infrastructure, Veterans in the House and Senate, More on the Census, and Michigan’s Elected K-12 School Boards. Read this week’s Rural Whispers, Noise & Rumors by David Haynes!
Discussion with Dickinson County Leaders Lois Ellis, Theresa Caylor, and David Holmes
In the latest episode of the Rural Insights Podcast, David Haynes talks with Dickinson County leaders Lois Ellis of the DAEDA, Theresa Caylor of Systems Control, and David Holmes of the Breitung Township School District about the work being done and progress being made between the area’s educational sector and the manufacturing employment base.
Michigan Change in Population, Upper Peninsula Census Numbers Decline, and Masking and Vaccinations in the Upper Peninsula
Michigan Change in Population, Upper Peninsula Census Numbers Decline, and Masking and Vaccinations in the Upper Peninsula. Check out this week’s Rural Whispers, Noise & Rumors by David Haynes!
The Trouble with Tourism: Munising’s Economic and Demographic Challenges as a Seasonal Destination
In July 2018, The Detroit News characterized Munising as “a tourist boomtown.” But the economic and demographic benefits of the town’s tourism boom are not so clear–in fact, as Michael and John Broadway write–it’s quite complicated.
Vaccination Issues in the UP, Should the Unvaccinated Pay More, Carney State of Emergency, Employee Shortages, UP Renter Behind, and Apollo Profitable
Vaccination Issues in the UP, Should the Unvaccinated Pay More, Carney State of Emergency, Employee Shortages, UP Renter Behind, and Apollo Profitable. Check out this week’s edition of Rural Whispers, Noise & Rumors by David Haynes!
Interview with MDARD Director and Former U.P. Legislator Gary McDowell
In the latest episode of the Rural Insights Podcast, David Haynes sat down with Gary McDowell, current director of the Michigan Department of Agriculture & Rural Development. Gary also served three, two-year terms in the Michigan House of Representatives. He grew up in Rudyard, MI, where he still resides, and is a farmer by trade.
