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Northern Michigan Fruit Farm Founded by Nazis Sues Lil’ Hitler over Wearing Masks
Thursday , 13, August 2020 COVID_19, Election 2020, MAGA, Trumpenreich 7 CommentsUPDATE! A reader provided a copy of what Friske Orchards Farm provides to customers when they ask about wearing masks in their store. You can see it below. On August 5, 2020, Friske Orchards Farm filed suit against Governor Gretchen Whitmer due to violating the legal mandatory mask order. The Charlevoix farm in Antrim County, […]
Melissa Frugé for 105th Michigan State House: Meet the Candidates 2018
Tuesday , 11, September 2018 Candidates, Election 2018, Meet the Candidates 2018 Leave a commentAntrim, Charlevoix, Montmorency, Oscoda, and Otsego are the Michigan counties of the 105th State House District. Melissa Frugé is ready to go to Lansing and work for the issues hard-working families struggle with living in Northern Michigan. A life-long resident of Boyne City, Melissa Frugé raises her son in her hometown. She earned a degree […]
Meet the Candidates: Michigan State Legislature District 105 Wyatt Knight
Thursday , 27, October 2016 Candidates, Elections, Meet the Candidates 2016 Leave a commentAntrim, Charlevoix, Montmorency, Oscoda and Otsego counties make up the 105th State House District. The Democratic Party candidate for that district is Wyatt Knight. A Michigan native, Knight graduated from Northern Michigan University with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science. Through his experience and the opportunity to attend public schools and a public university, he […]
Winter Storm Warning For Northern Michigan
Monday , 17, November 2014 Community, Environment Leave a commentThe National Weather Service in Grand Rapids issued a winter storm warning for 1 pm this afternoon to Tuesday, 9 pm for the following counties: Charlevoix Cheboygan Lake County Mason County Oceana County Otsego County Heavy snow accumulations of 1 inch per hour with winds up to 25 mph will create hazardous driving conditions and […]
Charlevoix Police Blind To Hate Symbols When It Happens To Democrats
Thursday , 25, September 2014 Community Leave a commentWhen Kris Busk arrived at Charlevoix Democratic Party headquarters on September 21, she found both signs defaced with a Neo-Nazi symbol. Busk called the police to have them investigate, however Chief of Police Gerald Doan “just doesn’t see it,” meaning to him, this isn’t a hate crime, it’s just a random act of vandalism, and […]