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Upper Peninsula
Posted inBusiness Watch
Few coronavirus cases, but hundreds still victims in U.P. tribal community
Bryan Newland, chairman of the northeastern Upper Peninsula tribe, said Bay Mills Indian Community leaders had no choice but to stop paying employees of the tribe’s resort and casinos after a request for federal relief loans went unanswered.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Flattening the curve is not a winning strategy. Michigan must attack.
A retired physician assistant and Yooper has several suggestions on how to help both peninsulas protect and heal from COVID-19.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Some Yoopers want to close Mackinac Bridge to stop the spread of coronavirus
With more than 100 cases and at least three deaths attributed to COVID-19 in lower Michigan, questions over closing the bridge do not appear to be seriously considered by state officials.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Amend third-grade reading law, U.P. school superintendents urge
“Flunking a student is immediately traumatic and is more likely to be experienced by those students who are categorized as poor, male and/or minority,” the group of Upper Peninsula school superintendents writes.
Posted inMichigan Health Watch
Sheriff’s plea on mentally ill prisoner reveals gap in Michigan treatment
An Upper Peninsula sheriff went to Facebook to get state help for a delusional man in his jail. His post highlights severe shortages in the state for violent or severely mentally ill people caught up in the criminal justice system.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
How much brook trout is enough? Michigan keeps changing catch limits.
State regulators have changed daily catch limits for Michigan’s state fish four times since 2017 as they try to balance conservation concerns against the frustration of many Upper Peninsula anglers.
Posted inGuest Commentary
Opinion | Michigan's management of wolf population is outdated
It’s time for Michigan wolves to be removed from the Endangered Species Act to reduce conflicts and protect human safety, says this Marquette outdoors writer in a Guest Commentary.
Posted inMichigan Government
Dana Nessel to review Michigan DNR handling of wolf kill records
In response to a Bridge Magazine investigation, Nessel said her office will look into whether the state agency mishandled public records on the 2016 killings of protected gray wolves in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
Posted inMichigan Environment Watch
Michigan DNR said it killed wolves to protect humans. Then we got its emails.
State wildlife leaders violated the state Freedom of Information Act, concealing details surrounding calf deaths and the 2016 shootings of protected gray wolves. Records suggest a different motive for the kills.