Famed BH Contractor Inducted to Hall of Fame

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The man who built seemingly every major landmark erected in Michigan’s Great Southwest during his lifetime was selected posthumously this year as a 2019 Distinguished Constructor Awardee and inducted into the Michigan Construction Hall of Fame. Burton

LMC’s Mendel Center Earns MI Cultural Grant

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Perhaps this morning’s early snowfall across Michigan’s Great Southwest was simply a celebratory way to mark a new state grant to aid in the presentation of the forthcoming Winter Delights Festival at the Lake Michigan College Mendel

Nation’s Report Card Says Early Reading Struggles Continue in MI

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Michigan has made no meaningful improvement in fourth grade reading abilities since 2003. That’s a startling takeaway from “The Nation’s Report Card,” released this morning. Officially known as the National Assessment for Education Progress — or simply