Healing Juggernaut: Munson Healthcare tackles integration across its nine hospitals

Munson Healthcare wants to set a shining example for what rural healthcare can look like.

The healthcare system, which includes nine hospitals throughout northern Michigan, is currently in the midst of a major integration campaign. The integration will touch everything from IT to marketing, with the goal of improving care …

Ticket to Ride: New customized bus makes round trips to Detroit, Chicago

Anyone who wants to get to Detroit or Chicago without flying or driving now has another option.

Lake Michigan Express, a new Traverse City-based company, began offering thrice-weekly bus service in late June to those cities via a comfortable 15-passenger customized Mercedes-Benz Sprinter bus.

“We’ve been planning this for a …

Over and Out: Strife splits Emmet County from Northern Lakes Economic Alliance

Antrim, Charlevoix and Emmet counties are increasingly being viewed as attractive places to do business, pulling in nearly $450 million in new private-sector investment in the past five years.

In spite of the rosy financial outlook, there have been spots of dissent, most notably from Emmet County. A recent decision …

Petoskey Wine Region Debuts

From his post as president of the newly named Petoskey Wine Region, Dustin Stabile sees wineries working together and aiming higher.

“We’re trying to turn this into a destination, where people are making plans to come to Petoskey … we want them coming here to Petoskey for the wineries,” said …

Measuring Our Community’s Success

“Measurables” are important things in today’s world. Whether applied in professional or personal settings, it’s critical to have access to reliable, fact-based data to help make informed decisions going forward.

If your goal is to improve your health and fitness, it’s important to know measurables such as your body weight …

Consider This: Philosophy for Your Everyday Life

Jordan Lindberg, a Traverse City native, has grown eFulfillment Service into a very successful regional e-commerce company. You can’t compete with Amazon, but eFulfillment Service does. Did degrees in engineering, computer science, math and an MBA power Jordan to this success? No.

How about a Ph.D. in philosophy?

“Yes sir," …

GoSili Expands With Evenflo Joint Venture

Sometimes entrepreneurship grows out of a person’s desire to better the world. For Stacey Feeley, it was just about being a better mom.

When she found out that some plastic baby bottles were leaching a potentially toxic chemical (bisphenol A, or BPA) into the contents of the bottles, she was …