by Eric Ringwelski | May 4, 2026 | Business, First & 42 Original
At Pro Academy in Portage, the story goes beyond a training facility. For Pro Services, the Academy reflects a challenge manufacturers know well: finding and developing skilled maintenance talent. The Portage-based company works across industrial maintenance,...
by Eric Ringwelski | Apr 6, 2026 | Business, Places
Goodwill Industries of Southwestern Michigan will bring back its Goodwill Golf Classic on Monday, July 27 at Gull Lake View Golf Resort, with registration opening March 1. The third annual outing continues to support Goodwill’s work in education, training, skill...
by Eric Ringwelski | Mar 23, 2026 | Business, First & 42 Original
In Nottawa Township, where open farmland and small businesses shape the landscape east of Three Rivers, a quiet manufacturing operation is turning out hundreds of boot uppers a day through a process that depends as much on skilled hands as it does on machinery....
