Free Soil, Michigan

Free Soil Township is a civil township of Mason County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 822 at the 2010 census. The village of Free Soil is located within the township. Free Soil Township was named in 1848 after the Free Soil Party.

Gun Lake is a lake in Mason County, Michigan, in the United States.The lake most likely was named for Luther Gunn, a local politician and businessman in the lumber industry.

Sherman Township is a civil township of Mason County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 1,186 at the 2010 census.

Fountain is a village in Mason County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 193 at the 2010 census. The village is within Sherman Township.

Stronach Township is a civil township of Manistee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 804 at the 2000 census.

The Little Manistee River is a 64.6-mile-long (104.0 km) tributary of the Manistee River in Michigan. It rises in the southeast corner of Ellsworth Township in Lake County and flows west-northwest to its mouth at the southeast end of Manistee Lake in Manistee County.

Stronach is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Stronach Township, Manistee County, Michigan, United States. Its population was 170 as of the 2020 census. The community is located at the southeast end of Manistee Lake.

Meade Township is a civil township of Mason County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 181 at the 2010 census.

Filer City is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Filer Charter Township, Manistee County, Michigan, United States. Its population was 136 as of the 2020 census. The community is located on Manistee Lake just south of Manistee. Filer City has a post office with ZIP code 49634. The post office opened March 10, 1868, was discontinued on April 12, 1871, and reopened on July 13, 1883.

WMLQ (97.7 FM, "News 97 & 98") is a radio station located in Manistee, Michigan broadcasting a news/talk format, simulcasting WLDN 98.7 FM Ludington. The station began broadcasting in 1970 under the WMTE-FM call sign (the current WMTE-FM, at 101.5, is unrelated, but was a sister station of WMLQ for a short time in 2012 and 2013). In the 1980s, the station was WRRK, playing Top 40 music. From 1995 to 2006, the station simulcast WVXU in Cincinnati, Ohio as WVXM, an affiliate of the "X-Star Radio Network," which featured a variety of programs, including news, talk, jazz, and adult standards. After WVXU was sold to the owners of classical station WGUC in Cincinnati, all of WVXA's former repeater stations were sold off to other owners; 97.7 FM was purchased by Synergy Media, owners of classic rock station WWKR in Hart, Michigan. Synergy Media has installed a commercial Soft AC/Oldies/Easy Listening format on 97.7 FM as "The Coast." The WMLQ calls were formerly used in the 1980s and 1990s at an FM station in Rogers City, Michigan, which coincidentally also operated on the 97.7 FM frequency (it later moved to 96.7) and also played an AC format, under the name "Mello-Q." Also coincidentally, the original WMLQ in Rogers City later became WVXA, also an X-Star Radio Network affiliate; it is now WRGZ and simulcasts WATZ-FM, a commercial country music station in Alpena, Michigan. On February 1, 2016, WMLQ switched to a simulcast of news/talk-formatted WLDN 98.7 FM Ludington. The "Coast FM" format is now heard on 101.5 WMTE-FM. The station airs The Steve Gruber Show, the flagship program for The Michigan Talk Network, on delay, in late mornings.

WMTE-FM (Eagle 101.5) is an FM radio station located in Manistee, Michigan, United States, and owned by 45 North Media, Inc. WMTE-FM airs an adult hits format and positions itself as Uniquely Northern Michigan.

Filer Charter Township is a charter township of Manistee County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 2,318 at the 2020 census.