No more speculation. No more official denials. The Marquette County Road Commission is taking the EPA to court. The Road Commission has voted unanimously to authorize a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency. Two years ago, the EPA refused to allow the Road Commission and the Rio Tinto/Lundin mine in ... Continue Reading
NMU Drops FOIA Fees for The North Wind
NMU released a statement earlier today announcing that President Fritz Erickson has asked that the FOIA fees be dropped, and that the materials requested by The North Wind be provided as soon as possible. The statement comes after two days of growing outcry over the situation, in which the student newspaper was being ... Continue Reading
FOIA FLAP, FUNDING, AND FACULTY ADVISOR FEEDBACK
UPDATE 2:45 PM: NMU President Fritz Erickson has requested that the FOIA fees be waived and that the requested materials be provided to The North Wind as soon as possible. You can read the full statement from NMU here: http://www.nmu.edu/communicationsandmarketing/node/90. -- The FOIA controversy at NMU heated up ... Continue Reading
BATTLE AT NMU
UPDATE 2:45 PM: NMU President Fritz Erickson has requested that the FOIA fees be waived and that the requested materials be provided to The North Wind as soon as possible. You can read the full statement from NMU here: http://www.nmu.edu/communicationsandmarketing/node/90. An intriguing conflict, fraught with ... Continue Reading
Musical Chairs, Harbor Cruises, Food Trucks, Oil Refineries, and a Meth Epidemic
LISTEN CAREFULLY. YOU hear the music? They're playing musical chairs downtown. Reblossom, which specializes in upscale but gently used women's clothing, is leaving its current address on January 24th and moving a few blocks east to 104 West Washington (the former Moonstone Gallery location). This will be the third move ... Continue Reading