Lucas Henkel is a Reporter and Strategic Communications Producer for COURIER based in mid-Michigan, covering community stories and public policies across the country.
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How shopping at these local businesses can help keep Michigan beautiful
Learn how these Michigan businesses are giving back to our state’s great outdoors through the “These Goods are Good for Michigan” program.
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Shop, drop, and roll: 50+ Black Friday weed deals happening at Michigan dispensaries
We scoured dispensary menus across Michigan to find the best weed deals to maximize your savings (and stash).
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Tattoos for Tampons: Lansing tattoo shop finds unique way to give back to its community
Val Magee, tattoo artist and co-owner of Devils Day Tattoo in Lansing, talks about an upcoming collaboration to help underserved Michiganders access menstrual products.
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‘Ganders who give a damn: Michigan organizations to support
Local resources from across that state that every Michigander should know about.
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4 Transgender Day of Remembrance events happening across Michigan
On Nov. 20, several communities across Michigan will be hosting events to honor the lives lost by anti-transgender violence in 2024.
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Meet Gemini: The dog keeping students safe in Williamston Community Schools
With incidents of gun violence increasing across the county, communities in Michigan are finding innovative ways to keep students safe.
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Bells, Balls, and Spruce: The City of Lansing’s holiday traditions explained
Here are three unique holiday traditions happening in Michigan’s capital that Lansing residents look forward to every year.
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How Gen-Z is helping rural Michiganders turn out to vote in the UP
Michigan is one of several critical swing states in this year’s election, and for Carly Sandstrom, a Marquette native and canvasser with the Progressive Turnout Project, that means knocking on doors and making calls to get voters to the ballot box.
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3 rural communities in Michigan got remote blood pressure care—and the results were dramatic
A pilot program helping rural Michiganders monitor their blood pressure led to big improvements—could this be what finally helps bring down the rate of cardiovascular deaths in the US?
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Meet the Michigan woman who started with a single sign—and ended up creating a movement to protect reproductive health care
With more than 45,000 followers across her social media accounts, OB-GYN PA-C Nikki Sapiro Vinckier is using her platform to combat misinformation about reproductive health.
