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The parent company of a firm building battery plants in the U.S. participated in Chinese Communist Party programs that obtain technology for the Chinese military.

Mecosta County residents will get an opportunity to receive free smoke detectors after Gotion Inc. donated $2,500 to purchase the potentially life-saving alarms for area families in need. Chuck Thelen, vice president of Gotion Inc. – North American Manufacturing, presented a ceremonial check to Big Rapids Department of Public Safety Deputy Director Steve Schroeder at the Big Rapids Fire Station today. Big Rapids Mayor Fred Guenther, County Administrator Paul Bullock and other officials als...

Gotion High-Tech project could bring 2,500 new jobs to rural Green Charter Township, but residents fear alleged Communist Party ties; new township board rescinds support, throwing project’s future into doubt.

Chuck Thelen of Gotion Inc. on Tuesday joined 17 other civically minded companies to meet with employees at Leprino Foods in Remus to discuss job opportunities including those that will be available at Gotion’s battery components facility in the Big Rapids area. Last month, Leprino Foods was forced to make a difficult business decision and announced it would lay off many of its workers at the beginning of the new year. The layoffs will affect more than 110 local workers. Gotion Inc. will w...

New Michigan town chief Jason Kruse (left) said plans to bring a Chinese factory to the rural idyll of Green Charter can be stopped, despite construction having already begun.

Township residents recall entire board in stunning local revolution

EXCLUSIVE: A Chinese electric vehicle battery manufacturer's plan to build a factory in Alabama was rejected before the firm turned to blue states, Fox News Digital has learned.

Voters sent a tough message to their local leaders in Michigan, where a community removed all of their local elected officials over a 'suspicious' Chinese plant deal that was supposed to bring over 2,000 jobs

Voters in a Michigan community removed five local officials in a recall election fueled by opposition to a Chinese company's plan to make components for electric vehicle batteries.

Two of five new Green Township board members took their posts after the former board was recalled Tuesday night.