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April 27, 2021
Deanne Criswell, who grew up from Free Soil, was sworn in Monday as the new FEMA administrator.
Criswell is a graduate of Manistee Catholic Central High School.
She served as a member of the Colorado National Guard and was a firefighter for more than 20 years.
In 2019, she became the emergency manager for New York City.
Then in January, Criswell was nominated by President Joe Biden to become FEMA’s new leader.
The U.S Senate confirmed Criswell’s appointment on April 22.
Criswell’s uncle, David Dufon, says he couldn’t be more proud of his niece and representing northern Michigan.
See all 132 nominations for Michigan’s Best Vacation Spot
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Michigan s Fayette Historic State Park, as photographed by Chris Pagan, one of the DNR s photo ambassadors for 2020. | Photo provided by Michigan DNR
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Well, Michiganders, we know where you’re headed this summer: “Up North.”
We asked you this week to nominate Michigan’s Best Vacation Spot, and you responded with an overwhelming number of destinations for Northern Michigan.
The Northern Lower Peninsula led the way with 62 nominations.
The Upper Peninsula was next with 37.
With a total of 132 nominations, that’s 75 percent of your nominations for places “Up North.”
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Downtown Holland, Michigan, is always blooming with tulips in early May. It s a favorite destination for Michiganders and international travel with its Dutch heritage.John Gonzalez
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Simply put, “Up North just means summer vacation time” in Michigan, said reader Chris Jones of Rockford.
“No matter where ‘Up North’ is to you, it’s where you want to be in the summer,” said Jones, a father of two who is the controller at Rockford Package Supply. “It’s where you want to be in the summer..We all love going Up North!”
Wilhelm: Gibsonburg to reach 150th birthday this year
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The Village of Gibsonburg is reaching something of a 150th birthday this year.
Although the village wasn’t incorporated until 1880, the village’s namesake, W. H. Gibson, and T.D. Stevenson and J. F. Yeasting platted and named the community in August 1871.
Gibson was a brevetted brigadier general of the Union Army’s 49th volunteer infantry during the Civil War.
The 10th of 11 children to John and Jeannette Coe Gibson, he basically was a lifetime resident of Seneca County, having moved there with his family at the age of 4 months after his father had purchased 320 acres from the federal government.