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L’ANSE A letter from Baraga County officials denouncing COVID-19 restrictions within the county earlier this week made the rounds across the Upper Peninsula.
The letter, signed by Baraga County Sheriff Joe Brogan and eight other county officials, called out the state of Michigan’s coronavirus restrictions and stated that the county no longer has the “intention of participating in the unconstitutional destruction of our citizens’ economic security and Liberty.
“We further declare our intention to take no action whatsoever in furtherance of this terribly misguided agenda,” the letter continued.
Baraga County Memorial Hospital in L’Anse responded to the letter Thursday, reassuring hospital patients that it’s still safe to visit the facility if need be.
gneese@mininggazette.com
L’ANSE Rebuking a public letter by Baraga County officials against the anti-COVID restrictions, Baraga County Memorial Hospital staff posted a statement indicating their agreement with the orders and urging residents to follow state public health orders and recommendations.
BCMH posted the statement on its Facebook page Thursday night, three days after Sheriff Joe Brogan’s post of the “Baraga County Manifesto,” signed by him and eight other county officials. The county officials’ post decried the state restrictions and said the county should not enforce state orders related to the pandemic.
A resident had asked hospital staff if it would still be safe to come to the hospital, thinking the officials’ letter had affected the hospital’s practices, the BCMH letter said. BCMH’s practices will stay the same, the letter said.
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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
Journal Staff Writer
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.