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Raising certain breeds of hog is now a felony punishable by up to two years in prison and fines of up to $700,000 in the state of Michigan. Farmer Mark Baker learned this the hard way when state officials accused ...

Keeping even one “farm animal” in residential neighborhoods could soon be illegal in Michigan. That’s because a proposed change to state regulations could strip property owners of the right to keep and raise small numbers of poultry or livestock. Michigan’s ...

Shooting a cat with a BB gun could land you in prison with a felony charge on your record, as one Michigan man recently discovered. Stein Samuel Nowicki, 33, had had enough of a nuisance-causing, flea-ridden stray cat that snuck ...

Secession is the talk of Modoc County, California, after the Board of Supervisors voted to join adjacent Siskiyou County in its bid to separate from the state – thereby joining a secessionist movement that is sweeping the country and could ...

Second Amendment supporters in New York and Michigan recently received completely opposite responses to their gun rights activities. An open carry event in Orion Township, Michigan, went off without a hitch, while a pro-gun rights sign on private property in ...

A Michigan man was recently charged with a criminal offense and sentenced to jail for keeping chickens in his Garden City backyard.  Even though Judge Richard L. Hammer Jr. was reasonable enough to suspend the jail time, this frivolous trial ...

The Midwest is often referred to as the bread basket of America, and with good reason. This region has some of the most fertile soil in the United States. The Midwest boasts acres upon acres of flat ground, ideal for ...

OP-ED — When Michigan’s Governor Rick Snyder signed the right-to-work bill passed yesterday his state will become the 24th right-to-work state in America. Not only has the passage of this bill enraged union activists and leaders as well as sparked heated protests, ...

NaturalNews has confirmed that the Michigan Department of Natural Resources has carried out two armed raids on pig farmers in Kalkaska and Cheboygan counties. The raids were carried out by ten armed officers in six vehicles against law-abiding farmers on ...