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Birds, wind turbines, boats, invasive species, and pandemic care for those who need mental support

Front Page, Week of August 21, 2021

Joshua Vissers
Aug 21, 2021
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Experienced bird watcher talks danger to raptors, bats from proposed wind turbines

I recorded an entire presentation and meeting of the Guardians of the Keweenaw Ridge, a group that opposes industrial wind turbines being built in the Keweenaw Area.

They hosted Joseph Youngman, who’s quite experienced at birding, especially raptors like hawks and eagles, to speak about why turbines in this location are especially dangerous for raptors.

In short, their migration patterns concentrate them in this area, which could mean higher death rates caused by turbines if they’re built here.

The video is posted right here, but if you click the link below it will bring you to a slightly bigger description with some shortcut links to different parts of the video.

The views expressed in this video are not necessarily shared by Late Edition or its employees, and Late Edition was not compensated for producing this video. (See editor’s note through the button below)

GOTKR Presentation


KISMA's boat wash outreach events

Students work to stop aquatic hitchhikers from ruining your favorite fishing spot

More information from KISMA: https://www.mtu.edu/kisma/


Leaders answer the tough questions

The Inside Scoop (no photo of my cat this week)

The Inside Scoop is the paid portion of Late Edition.

This week you can read some of my thoughts about U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman.

Actions of a Leader


Pandemic safety procedures leave some Keweenaw Area mental health patients feeling abandoned

Teletherapy is popular among many of CCMH's patients, but not all of them find it adequate

Part 4 of the ongoing mental health and support series!

Feeling Abandoned


Fireworks permitted, regretful resignations accepted, and city manager rated exceedingly well

Hancock City Council, Aug. 18, 2021

Nothing terribly new or exciting in Hancock this week, but I recorded the meeting and shared some documents, all the same. Check out the details here.

Hancock City Council


Other News (aggregated, not sponsored)

//Click on the headlines to read the full story.

NMU faculty union walks out during annual convocation

By Lily Simmons, Upper Michigan Source

The demonstration was part of an ongoing battle between the union and university administration over faculty contracts.

Top doc told Whitmer school mask mandate would curb virus

By David Eggert, Associated Press

“Michigan’s top doctor said Wednesday she told Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and the state health director that reinstituting a mask requirement in K-12 schools would likely lessen the spread of COVID-19, but she added there are other factors at play.”

AP Photos: Two decades of war and daily life in Afghanistan

By The Associated Press

These photos are powerful, and offer intense insight into what Afghanistan has been like the last two decades. Here’s a taste of two of them. A gentle warning: Some of the images show violence.

Sarab village resident Raihan comforts her 1-year-old son after having an early morning opium smoke with family members in the Badakhshan province of Afghanistan, July 13, 2009. Raihan was addicted to opium while pregnant with her son making him an addict at birth. "When he was born, he would cry day and night. But when she blows smoke in his face, he sleeps," said her father Islam Beg. In dozens of mountain hamlets in this remote corner of Afghanistan, opium addiction has become so entrenched that whole families, from toddlers to old men, are addicts. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)
Basera, 13, right, and Saira, 10, wait for their class to begin at Loy Ghar school, in the bombed-out carcass of the Kabul Theater in Afghanistan's capital, April 20, 2005. The bullet-riddled building has become a place of hope for more than 400 students looking to rebuild their lives after decades of war. Classrooms have sprung up near windows or where bombs have destroyed enough of the wall to allow in sunlight. (AP Photo/Tomas Munita)

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn’t happen this week

By The Associated Press

As seems to be the “new normal”, social media is full of falsehoods. Make sure you’re not suckered in by them.


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