You can choose your friends and your employees, but you can’t choose your family. Yet often the best employees you can choose are family. Several area businesses have been launched and passed down t...
Leadership takes many forms. When strife and lack of cooperation are present at the local, state and national government levels, public policy leadership is crucial. The Traverse City Area Chamber of ...
Tourism is here to stay, and the yearly number of visitors to our area continues to climb. It’s no wonder. Those of us who live here year round know the value of what tourists come for: thriving tow...
Thanks to a series of grants received by Munson Healthcare over the past year, northern Michigan will soon have a new set of options available for individuals struggling with opioid abuse and addictio...
Matt Wille was named the new president and CEO of Munson Medical Center in September, replacing the role held by Al Pilong, who left for a position at a Virginia health system. It’s a big job by...
When Schmuckal Oil Company was sold in August to Ohio-based True North Energy LLC, it marked the end of a well-known Traverse City business that Art Schmuckal and George Slane started 64 years ago wit...
The use of drones by northern Michigan public utilities is taking off. “We have two now and would like to add one or two more over the next year,” said Frank Siepker, engineering and operations ma...
In the wake of the #MeToo movement, there has been a surge in the number of sexual harassment charges filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). In October 2019, the EEOC reported ...
Is solar power the future of electricity generation? Or is it a costly fad unlikely to yield true return on investment for consumers? The answer, it proves, is more difficult to come by than most migh...
Munson Medical Center’s $80 million expansion remains on schedule. The hospital’s largest-ever expansion features the $36 million Family Birth and Children’s Center (FBC), which will...
