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The Goodwill Inn in Garfield Township is northern Michigan's largest homeless shelter with a 120 total bed capacity. (IPR News / Maxwell Howard)
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'It's unfair': Garfield Township pushes back against regional plan to consolidate homeless shelters
Maxwell Howard
A regional plan to combine the Goodwill Inn and Safe Harbor homeless shelters is facing opposition from Garfield Township, where officials say the community already bears an unequal burden of homelessness services.
Democrat Rebecca Amidon, left, and Republican Kim Cole, are running for the 32nd state Senate seat. (Photos courtesy of both campaigns)
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An opposition mailer published her personal phone number. The senator-elect says she engaged with callers, maybe flipped a few
Up North Lowdown | Northern Michigan News
Democrat Ranjeev Puri, on the cusp of making history as the first South Asian speaker of the Michigan House, speaks with reporters at the state Capitol on Thursday, November 5, 2026.
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Michigan Dems choose leaders for new legislative majority; GOP ousts Hall as caucus head
Colin Jackson
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