In two days the annual Mesick Mushroom Festival begins in the town of Mesick. Mushroom hunting is a time honored, sometimes-cutthroat tradition of spring in northern Michigan. Whether you hunt for the small black morels, the large, white-grey ones, or cross your fingers and say a prayer before feasting on “beefsteak” false morels, you know […]
In the spirit of great Michigan political blogs like Eclectablog, the purpose of Up North Progressive will be for news and opinions of the current state of political and social concerns of progressives in Northern Michigan. Northern Michigan faces the same problems and issues as downstate. The laws and policies made in Lansing have their […]