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director of a rape crisis center. i have firsthand experience being the support system for people who have had to go in and have abortions because it was the only choice for different reasons. because people are making assumptions that people are just having this done, why are people making this a law? why are they the ones making laws for someone elses body? someones own body. when they do not know firsthand the reason. should not be doctors and the person whose body it is making the ...

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Former State Senator Jack Welborn Dead at 88 Former State Senator Jack Welborn, a longtime conservative leader in Michigan politics has died.  He was 88.  Wellborn who was well known for his anti-tax, smaller government, and pro-life stands died overnight Sunday, March 7, 2021, at the home he built at the family farm on Riverview Drive north of Parchment.  He was recently diagnosed with kidney failure and declined dialysis treatment.   Many thought of Welborn as a Reagan Conservative, bef...

The Nature of Things Drive an hour in any direction in northern Michigan and you’ll see the landscape change in dramatic ways. The explanation often lies in the soil. Don’t call it “dirt” — dirt is the stuff that scuffs up your sneakers or collects under your fingernails during a day of yard work. “Soil” is a complex mix of silt, sand, clay, minerals, microbes, and organic matter and holds much of the power in deciding what kinds of plants grow on a landscape. The massive sheet ...