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For-Profit GEO Group’s North Lake Correctional Facility Will Not Renew Contract with Vermont Department of Corrections in 2017
Friday , 30, December 2016 Community 1 CommentNorth Lake Correctional Facility in Baldwin, Michigan, the prison owned by GEO Group will not renew their contract with the Vermont Department of Corrections due to end in June of 2017. Currently, around 200 of the 370 prisoners originally sent to the Lake County facility in June of 2015 remain at the facility that can […]
Happy Winter Solstice-Oriented Holiday of Your Choice
Sunday , 25, December 2016 Community Leave a commentProgressively inclusive at the Up North Progressive, because no holiday greeting should become a political weapon to marginalize others.
U.S. House Rep Huizenga Advocates for Felony Child Abuse: Think of the Poor Providers
Thursday , 22, December 2016 Community, Obamacare Leave a commentIf you don’t have the privilege of receiving the Huizenga Huddle in your email inbox, You’re missing out on all the Michigan District 2 News from the guy who makes it happen. Here’s just a small sample of everything Bill Huizenga’s been doing to prepare for Trump’s inauguration: This week, the Electoral College officially voted […]
144 Year Old Forgotten Lake County Burial Plot Rededicated Gould Cemetery
Monday , 22, August 2016 Community, DNR Leave a commentPinora Township Trustee Sidney Woods never expected researching his family history would lead to finding and rededicating a cemetery that had been lost in time. His interest in local history came from wanting to know more about his own family’s past in Lake County, Michigan. What he discovered set him on an adventure into the […]
Pokemon Go Puts a Stop to Traverse City U-Pick Raspberry Farm
Saturday , 16, July 2016 Community 43 CommentsFolks heading out to Potter Road Raspberry Farm in Traverse City this weekend will be in for an unpleasant surprise. The farm is closed all weekend long, and after they reopen on Monday, July 18, u-pick will no longer be available. The change is due to an unpleasant situation that happened on Thursday, July 14, […]
Michigan’s Republican Welfare Drug Tests Successful at Wasting Taxpayer Money for No Good Reason
Thursday , 23, June 2016 Community, Nerd Problems 2 CommentsJust like every other state in the country that passed a ‘test welfare recipients for illegal drugs’ law, Michigan successfully wasted taxpayer money testing 303 welfare recipients and found 0 positive tests. This is consistent with other states that also passed drug test people on welfare laws, and successfully wasted taxpayer money testing people who […]
Evart has one. Leroy has one. Hersey has one too. Big Rapids has one two times a week. Cadillac? Yes, they have one. Just about every town and city in Northern Michigan boasts a farmer’s market where people can gather to buy and sell locally grown produce. They’re becoming more popular as the demand for […]
Senate Bill 993: How Tom Casperson Achieved Peak School Bully
Thursday , 26, May 2016 Community, LGBT Rights Leave a commentTom Casperson (R – Hates Nature and Kids) made good on his promise to be the biggest school bully in the state and introduced a bill to discriminate against transgender school children. Senate Bill 993, a bill much like the North Carolina law that’s turned that state into a pariah in the nation would require […]
Michigan’s Summer Free Fishing Weekend is June 11 and 12, 2016
Wednesday , 25, May 2016 Community, DNR Leave a commentThe Michigan Department of Natural Resources invites everyone to enjoy a weekend of free fishing on June 11 and 12, 2016 on all of the state’s lakes and rivers. Residents of the state and nonresidents may fish without purchasing a fishing license that weekend. Other fishing regulations are still enforced. The state has offered free […]