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ESCANABA Despite a letter from the State Attorney General’s Office suggesting Former Delta County Conservation District CEO Rory Mattson potentially viola
ESCANABA A headline which appeared in the March 21 issue of the Daily Press “Attorney General’s Office: Mattson violated state law needs to be clarified
A Michigan restaurant owner defying shutdown orders from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s (D) administration told
The Kyle Olson Show this week that she is facing $30,000 in fines and legal fees as a result.
Amy Heikkinen, owner of Cafe Rosetta in Calumet, was recently taken to court by the state after she kept open her business. She said could not survive the ongoing coronavirus lockdown mandates.
“Sales were down 25-30 percent already,” she said, and with only take-out orders allowed, there was another 30 percent decline.
Her margin for profit, she said, was 10 to 15 percent, and “It was either we were going to close down then or close down later, so we decided to take a stand and fight for this.”
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HOUGHTON A show-of-cause hearing was conducted Friday morning in Ingham County Circuit Court intended to permit Cafe Rosetta, in Calumet, to show cause why an immediate injunction against the restaurant should not be issued. A number of issues relevant to the restaurant’s refusal to suspend operations, in defiance of several Michigan orders were discussed during the Zoom meeting.
The cafe, located at 102 Fifth St. in Calumet and owned by Amy and Jake Heikkinen, has defied Michigan Dept. of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) health orders by remaining open for business with indoor seating, with no practices in place to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, such as refusing to enforce the wearing of masks, and ignoring social distancing guidelines, since the orders took effect on November18. Since then, the business has received a cease-and-desist order, various warnings from the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department. On Dec. 2, the Michigan Department