BIGGBY COFFEE IS coming to town. The franchise coffee shop, headquartered in East Lansing, will be moving into a space at the strip mall that houses WJMN and Arby's on Wright Street just off of US 41. It just happens to be within shouting distance (if you've got a strong voice) of Starbucks on the other side of ... Continue Reading
FOIA Request Foiled
Remember that Kumbaya moment last week when NMU President Fritz Erickson said, "Give the North Wind all the emails they want in their FOIA request and let's not charge them a doggone dime! Can't we all just get along here?" Well, that moment has passed. On Monday, NMU did in fact forward a reported 1100 emails to Emma ... Continue Reading
Green Room Is Gone, FOIA’s Are Forthcoming
NO CHARGES FILED in the Green Room bust last week. At least, not yet. Prosecutor Matt Wiese says he still needs to review a report on what the UPSET officers came up with in the bust which, strangely, has drawn virtually no attention from other media in town. The Green Room, on West Washington, was apparently ... 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