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Editorial

Protect your animals in an emergency

If there was a flood, fire, tornado, or other disaster affecting your community, what would you do to protect yourself and your animals? This September, in honor of National Preparedness Month, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) encourages owners to take steps ...

Buy Nearby Weekend is Oct. 4-6

Businesses and consumers across the state will join the Michigan Retailers Association (MRA) next weekend in celebration of Buy Nearby Weekend Buy Nearby is MRA’s campaign focused on keeping more retail dollars on Michigan’s Main Streets. This year marks the eleventh consecutive Buy ...

Pedestrian Safety Month

At some point in the day, everyone is a pedestrian. October is Pedestrian Safety Month — a great opportunity to include and increase pedestrian safety messaging across all platforms. Pedestrians walking down a sidewalk next to a busy road. The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) ...

St, Francis hopes to spread PAD awareness

Before the month of September concludes, OSF St. Francis Hospital & Medical Group is hoping to raise awareness of Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Awareness Month. According to the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions, PAD affects more than 10 million Americans ...

Blood donors needed to help combat need

The American Red Cross continues to amplify the ongoing critical need for blood and platelets to keep the blood supply stable as fall begins. Donors of all blood types, especially those with type O blood, those giving platelets and those who have never given before, are needed now. Only 3 out ...

Social media landscape can be dangerous

Social media can be a difficult thing for adults to navigate, let alone teens. The makers of Instagram seem to recognize that, as the platform is making teen accounts private by default as it tries to make the platform safer for children amid a growing backlash against how social media affects ...