Michigan Jewish Colony of Palestine
The Northern Michigan Jewish Colony of Palestine located outside of Bad Axe began in the late 1883 and lasted for over 20 years.
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Posts and stories about a Pure Michigan experience. These tend to be our top tales and stories from the Michigan Thumb region.
Caseville Shanty Days 2018 – Winter Fun in the Upper Thumb
Shanty Days – This is the event’s 26th year of mid-winter fun on the ice. It’s the largest winter carnival in Michigan’s Upper Thumb.
Great Lakes Pollution – Saginaw Bay Muck is Poop (#2)
2017 marks 30 years since Michigan’s Saginaw Bay was deemed an Area of Concern. Outdated and failing septic tanks, overflow from Bay City and Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations CAFOs. Experts confirmed local suspicions of what exactly is in the muck that has been appearing on beaches.
Nestle Takes Millions of Gallons of Michigan’s Water for $200
Nestle’s operations in Michigan allow the Swiss company to pump and sell millions of gallons of fresh water from aquafers for only $200 a year.
2017 Caseville Shanty Days – 25 Years
The middle of winter is celebrated and imbibed in the cold of February off the shores of the frozen Saginaw Bay. The 2017 Caseville Shanty Days Festival kicked off the 2017 year of fun in Key North. It’s Shanty Days Silver …
Wind Energy Lawsuit – Exelon v Bridgehamption – High Winds in Sanilac
From 2016 – There are high winds blowing in Michigan’s Sanilac County. It’s neighbor against neighbor. A Fortune 150 company wanting to do millions in renewable energy construction in a township of less than 1000 residents and a local township government …
Turnip Rock On Cover of Pure Michigan Travel Guide
I was at Detroit Metro airport and spied a tourist handout that I couldn’t resist picking up. It was the Upper Thumb’s own Turnip Rock on the cover of the 2016 Pure Michigan Official State Travel Guide. The guide is published twice a …
Farming Challenges of Great Lakes Cleanup
Efforts to improve the Great Lakes cleanup will involve upstream cooperation of farms and rural industry. This graphic from the University of Wisconsin shows what’s involved