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Several Baraga County commissioners, plus the sheriff, prosecuting attorney, clerk, and treasurer of the Upper Peninsula county, have all signed a manifesto that places the state on notice that they will no longer enforce the state's COVID-19 mandates and restrictions. The declaration reads: “Since March 10, 2020, the People of the State of Michigan have endured restrictions on their freedom which have not been seen in North America since the days of King George III and the American Revolution. In the face of a worldwide pandemic our political leadership in Lansing has ignored the protections guaranteed to all America citizens...

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said social distancing is working but it is too early to detail a specific plan on when to reopen the economy.

Jamie Newman, a staff member at Purdue University has resigned his position in the wake of threat allegations made by a student organization last week. The Blaze reported Monday: "Yeah, I just quit," Jamie Newman told the Lafayette Journal & Courier. "Tell the world." Purdue confirmed the resignation and said it was effective immediately.

Rather than engage in a reasoned civil discourse about what Justice Anthony Kennedy called the right to "define one's own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life" with college pro-lifers, a staffer at Purdue University decided to threaten to rape them and their female family members for expressing their views.

Actor and comedian Robin Williams died August 11th from a suspected suicide. Fans from around the world are grieving the tragic loss of this talented actor and comedian. Such an act of desperation reveals Williams was clearly in great emotional pain. A headline on NBC News Online shares that Robin Williams Battled Demons for Decades Before His Death. Many are aware that Williams struggled for years with serious addiction issues. However a lesser known fact is that one of those demons was an abortion that took place in the 1970’s. From Robin Williams: A Biography by Andy Dougan … His...

Senator John Kerry announced yesterday that he plans to pass the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities before July 26—just 13 days from today. He has scheduled a formal committee vote next Thursday—July 19. This is an unprecedented attempt to jam a binding international treaty through the Senate without proper time for debate or consideration.

A pathologist said a 93-year-old Bay City man froze to death inside his home - his body found days after city workers said they limited electricity flowing to the house. Marvin E. Schur suffered "a slow, painful death" inside his home at 1600 S. Chilson St. on Bay City's southwest side, said Dr. Kanu Virani, who performed an autopsy on the body. "Hypothermia shuts the whole system down, slowly," Virani said. "It's not easy to die from hypothermia without first realizing your fingers and toes feel like they're burning." Funeral services for Schur, a retired pattern-maker who lived alone, are...

McDougall: Thank you for visiting me in my office in Santa Rosa, California under these supernatural circumstances. I am so sorry about your untimely death from a heart attack on June 13, 2008. I read that your end was quick, and hopefully, painless. I am honored that you requested this interview. You are known for your hard-hitting questions and for demanding truthful and plain-spoken explanations from your guests. Russert: The reason I am here is I have been gone for more than 2 weeks now, yet doctors, scientists, and the media, all seem baffled about the cause of my death....

Subway -- the multi-national fast-food sub-shop giant -- has shot themselves in the foot. Again. The goal of their latest promotion was to win the loyalty of parents of grade school-aged kids -- to increase market share, revenue and profits. It was supposed to be a simple exercise in business marketing and promotion.

Frank Beckman responds to a call made to an afternoon radio program by Mark Brewer, spokesman for Granholm campaign.

The truest hero does not think of himself as one, never advertises himself as such and does not perform the acts that make him a hero for either fame or fortune. He does not wait for government to act if he senses an opportunity to fix a problem himself. On July 27, 2006 in the quiet countryside of Maidenhead, England, we spent several hours with a true hero: Sir Nicholas Winton. His friends call him "Nicky."

MARQUETTE - A Marenisco man was happy to be alive this morning after a tornado that crossed Lake Gogebic Sunday night lifted back into the sky just before hitting his home. "It was sunny. I just went to turn on The Weather Channel and my wife screamed, 'Look what's coming,'" said Bill Richards. "It was on us instantly. It lifted the boat, the dock and the lake all at once. I could see the bottom of the lake."

America's top World War II ace and the first commissioner of the American Football League, retired U.S. Marine Maj. Joseph J. Foss, was in critical condition today at Saginaw's Covenant Medical Center Cooper.