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In the same week that coronavirus deaths in the U.S. hit another one-day high at over 4,300, officials in two Upper Peninsula counties spoke out in opposition to the shutdown regulations.
First, the Delta County Board on Jan. 11 announced it passed a resolution making Delta County a sanctuary county for businesses affected by the COVID-19 shutdowns.
In a Facebook post, Commissioner David Moyle said he spoke on the phone with Delta County Sheriff Ed Oswald.
“I’m not advocating the formation of a militia to settle things with violence,” Moyle wrote.
The “fight we need to fight,” he said, is in Lansing and needs legislative involvement. “The fight will be best fought on paper not with bullets,” Moyle said. “Forming a militia was never my intent.”
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L’ANSE In a letter Monday night, Baraga County officials said they would no longer enforce the state’s COVID-19 restrictions in the county.
Described by the officials as a “manifesto,” the letter was posted Monday night on a Facebook page for Brogan’s recent sheriff campaign. Signing along with Sheriff Joe Brogan were Prosecutor Joseph O’Leary, Clerk Wendy Goodreau, Treasurer Jill Tollefson and the five members of the county board Gale Eilola, Will Wiggins, Dan Robillard, Lyle Olsen and William Rolof, the latter of whom was chosen as board chair at a meeting shortly before the post.
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Upper Peninsula community’s leaders point to their oath
Several Baraga County commissioners, plus the sheriff, prosecuting attorney, clerk, and treasurer of the Upper Peninsula county, have all signed a manifesto that places the state on notice that they will no longer enforce the state’s COVID-19 mandates and restrictions.
The declaration reads: “Since March 10, 2020, the People of the State of Michigan have endured restrictions on their freedom which have not been seen in North America since the days of King George III and the American Revolution. In the face of a worldwide pandemic our political leadership in Lansing has ignored the protections guaranteed to all America citizens by the Bill of Rights in favor of the medical models designed to predict the course of a still, for the most part, unknown virus. The result has been the unilateral adoption of clearly unconstitutional measures which treat human beings like herd animals and which arbitr
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MARQUETTE The Michigan Licensed Beverage Association said in a Tuesday Facebook post that it spoke with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s office and learned she will make an announcement today regarding the indoor dining ban related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The MLBA said the reopening likely would take place beginning Feb. 1 to give bar and restaurant owners time to work with their supply chains and figure out staffing.
It said the announcement would likely include a limited capacity and curfew, and then possibilities for restaurants that take additional health measures to have a higher capacity limit.
The COVID-19 order regarding indoor dining at bars and restaurants from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has been extended several times.