Where do University of Michigan students hail from?   Just over half the students at the University of Michigan hail from the state of Michigan. In fact, this fall U-M enrolled students from 82 of Michigan's 83 counties. (The Upper Peninsula's Keweenaw County was the lone holdout.) However, Ann Arbor is a major national and international draw. Out of state students make up a whopping 49 percent of the student body. There are more than 2,000 students on campus from three states: California, Illinois and New York.  MORE ►Enrollment trends at U-M

Yes, 2018 was a very wet year for most of Michigan   The Thumb wouldn't know it, but for most of the Mitten, 2018 was downright drenching. Parts of southern Michigan had nearly a foot more rain than average this past year. (We are looking at you, Detroit!) The Thumb region was one of the few spots on the Michigan map to experience normal precipitation this past year. MORE

Ranking all the Big Ten basketball arenas hat Our beat writers get to have all the fun. Not only do they get paid to write about sports, they get to ply their craft in some pretty cool venues. But as Kyle Austin reminds us, not every basketball arena is made equal. The Big Ten Conference has a few venerable courts that need to be on the bucket list of any college hoops fan. However, the conference also has a few less than hallowed halls. Austin ranks 'em all. MORE