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New businesses serving Michigan’s outdoor recreation industry could soon get some help from a new $3 million fund based in the Upper Peninsula.

A northern Michigan health department says it’s struggling to make a local market comply with a state executive order. Now the Antrim County store may…

Today on Stateside , St. Patrick's Day arrives just in time to find bars and restaurants closed to revelers because of the coronavirus outbreak. What...

There is plenty of coverage about Detroit’s “comeback.” Stores and restaurants are opening, and downtown is more vibrant than its been in decades. But...

The Next Idea So, you've got a small business. You've been selling your product at farmer's markets or art fairs, or maybe online. But it's a great big...

The Next Idea For the last two years, Mason County has the Momentum Business Plan Competition, which awards $50,000 to entrepreneurs during the startup...

The Next Idea Young artists can struggle to make a living if they lack the proper knowledge to start and care for a storefront – and that’s where a new...

It’s been 35 years since the heyday of video game arcades. By the late 1980s, most arcades had died, but over the last few years, the classic games…

Do you live in Paradise? How’s it going?Those are questions we want to explore this fall on IPR News Radio in our series, Which Way to Paradise: Struggle…

Miranda Bono is on track to open the very first "cat cafe" in Michigan. "A cat cafe is basically a coffee shop and a cat rescue center in one place,"...