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Michigan legislators are continuing the push to remove sales taxes on hygiene products. Last week the so-called tampon tax was removed from all menstrual products in the state and now legislators have their eyes on doing the same for diapers for both kids and adults.

The Power Canal Trail along West Portage to Ashmun Street will soon get a story walk, with the signs aimed to encourage reading among young children.

By CHARITY SMITH csmith@yourdailyglobe.com IRONWOOD - Parents and guardians of children in low-income families were able to pick out Christmas gifts

Residents and friends of Hillsdale County raised $200,985.03 for The Great Give campaign, hosted by the Hillsdale County Community Foundation.

LANSING — A program to help Michigan residents save on child care is getting a $2.5 million boost.

1 in 3 US families is experiencing a diaper shortage

The Van Buren/Cass District Health Department has announced the hiring of a new county health officer. Danielle Persky will replace the retiring Jeff Elliott. He has served in that role for 38 years and will serve in an advisory capacity through the end of the year. Persky is previously the deputy health officer and director of health promotion at the Van Buren/Cass District Health Department. The department says through her efforts, it has expanded its outreach by working with multiple service...

Starting next Wednesday for the summer will be the Benton Harbor Farmers Market. Berrien County Health Department spokesperson Gillian Conrad tells WSJM News

Meet the Author event coming to the Childrens Trail June 5 Cheboygan Daily Tribune CHEBOYGAN — Stacie Sheldon, an Anishinaabe-Ojibwe author who is originally from Cheboygan, will be presenting her book,“Bebikaan-ezhiwebiziwinan Nimkii: The Adventures of Nimkii,” at the Childrens Trail in Major City Park on June 5. This will be the first ever summer event hosted at the Childrens Trail, as well as the first ever Meet the Author event. It will be a family friendly open house format, going fr...

Library scavenger hunt provides fun for Ionia County families Ionia Sentinel-Standard IONIA — Young children and their families can explore Ionia County through a scavenger hunt as part of an educational campaign.  The Ionia County Great Start Collaborative and each of the county’s seven libraries have teamed up to present the Talking is Teaching spring scavenger hunt. It started April 1 and wraps up May 27. Children ages six years old and younger and their families can visit a librar...