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Yet Another Christofascist is a Pedophile: Lee Chatfield
Friday , 7, January 2022 LGBT Rights, MAGA 3 CommentsHow does this keep happening? While many were putting out vegan treats for the Qanon Shaman’s magical visit on Insurrection Day Eve, Lee Chatfield was likely concerned over a news story about to break. The former Michigan Speaker of the House, the guy who based his political career on denying people their civil rights because […]
Public Service Announcement From a Former(?) Employee of North Lake Correctional Facility
Tuesday , 18, May 2021 COVID_19, GEO Group, Punk Prison 2 CommentsNorth Lake Correctional Facility has been a double-edged sword in Northern Michigan’s side for over two decades. GEO Group can’t keep the for-profit prison open without government contracts, and the local community can’t stay fiscally afloat without the revenue the white elephant produces for them. In 2019 GEO Group announced the millions of dollars donated […]
The Good News and Bad News About Record High Temperatures in Northern Michigan
Saturday , 18, February 2017 DNR, Environment Leave a commentTwo times a year, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources offers a free fishing weekend for people who would like to fish without a license and hopefully give people who have never fished the opportunity to discover how fun fishing can be. The winter fishing weekend is this weekend, and with temperatures in Northern Michigan […]
Meet the Candidates: Michigan State Legislature District 106 Robert Kennedy
Friday , 28, October 2016 Candidates, Elections, Meet the Candidates 2016 Leave a commentRobert Kennedy is the Democratic Party Candidate for the 106th State House District. The counties of Alcona, Alpena, eastern portions of Cheboygan, and Iosco counties are included in this district. Kennedy is a lifelong resident of the region. He attended college in Alpena and served six years in the Army National Guard. Kennedy taught for […]
Trump Supporters Vandalize Northern Michigan Democratic Party Signs
Monday , 1, August 2016 Elections 2 CommentsListening to Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump insult a gold star family, call Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton the devil and allege she will rig the election in November (And it’s only August 1st!), has emboldened Trump supporters in Northern Michigan to vandalize Democratic Party signs in Lake and Emmet Counties. In Emmet County, an […]
Aubrey McClendon’s Northern Michigan Connection: “Drilling a Dry Hole Changes Things”
Monday , 7, March 2016 Section 16 Leave a commentOn Tuesday, March 1, 2016, The Justice Department indicted fracking developer Aubrey McClendon for bid-rigging over land deals. Less than 24 hours later, Aubrey McClendon drove his SUV at a high rate of speed into a wall and died instantly. Condolences to the family of Aubrey McClendon. Up North Progressive chose to not publish this […]
Part of the beauty of Morel hunting in northern Michigan is the opportunity to enjoy the woods in spring. Usually this means looking at spring flowers, plants, trees budding and perhaps the glimpse of an animal. Usually humans make enough noise to warn wildlife it’s time to disappear. Such was the case with this little […]
Morel Fever Is Here: Mesick Mushroom Festival
Friday , 8, May 2015 Community, Environment Leave a commentMorel mushrooms began to pop out of the ground in the past week up north. So far, they’re slow and few due to lack of rain. Soaking rain in the southern part of Michigan hasn’t made it here at all. That’s keeping the morels from coming up the way we like. It’s also making Northern […]
Michigan Women’s Music Festival Ends After 40 Years
Thursday , 23, April 2015 Community, LGBT Rights, Michigan Women Leave a commentSince 1976 in a secluded wooded setting in Northern Michigan women from all over the world gathered to share space and music at the Michigan Women’s Music Festival. This haven for lesbian and feminist folk began for the purpose of creating women or womyn-only space where lesbian feminist issues could be discussed in a safe […]