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The Up North Progressive Guide to Dealing With Those Pesky Gypsy Moths: Egg Hunt
Wednesday , 21, July 2021 Community, Environment Leave a commentIf you live up north in mid-July, 2021, you probably can’t help but notice cream-colored gypsy moths and their darker-hued boyfriends flying all over the place. Gypsy moths are non-native invasive species in North America. After the Civil War, gypsy moth eggs arrived in Boston in an attempt to develop a silk market in the […]
Governor Whitmer Announces Manufacturing Jobs and New Housing in Northern Michigan
Wednesday , 16, June 2021 Community, Governor Gretchen Whitmer Leave a commentGovernor Gretchen Whitmer and Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced new manufacturing jobs and mixed-use development in northern Lower Michigan today. The two projects will provide manufacturing jobs in Copemish, and new mixed-use development in Baldwin. M R Products, a woman-owned company that manufactures crowd control and visual barriers will invest $4.2 million dollars to create […]
Words of Truth for Martin Luther King’s Birthday
Monday , 18, January 2021 Community Leave a commentThis clip is from an interview titled “New Phase of the Civil Rights Struggle. Dr. King’s words are just as true today as they were in 1967.