Solar panels on farmland can slash costs, save water, MSU experts say — and Michigan is watching

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University researchers report that solar panels on farmland are helping California’s Central Valley producers cut irrigation, stabilize revenue, and—when owners finance projects—sometimes out-earn traditional crops. The findings arrive as Michigan evaluates how to site utility-scale …

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Michigan Tourist Towers – 7 Forgotten Roadside Marvels That Once Ruled the Highways

Michigan’s beautiful landscape of rolling hills, sparkling lakes, and thick forests inspired early 20th-century entrepreneurs to build scenic lookout towers to entice the new generation of automobile tourists. In the 1910s and 1920s, as motoring became popular, roadside observation towers sprang …

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