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Opinion

Beware of scammers impersonating state agencies for money

Editorials

Michigan officials are again warning about scammers posing as state agencies to get people to make immediate payments. One recent scam has an official-looking letter that demands the recipient immediately contact a toll-free number to resolve their outstanding state tax debt. The letter ...

Selling the ‘big beautiful bill’

Columns

It’s one thing to pass a major piece of legislation and have it signed by the president; it’s quite another to get the public to swallow it as something that benefits most of the country. House and Senate Democrats, who stood in unison against President Trump’s “big beautiful bill” ...

Netanyahu says he nominated Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize

Columns

U.S. President Donald Trump has been nominated again for the Nobel Peace Prize. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Trump on Monday that he recommended him for the prestigious award, handing the American leader the letter he said he sent the Nobel committee. Trump has been ...

Watch for Adopt-A-Highway groups doing roadside cleanup

Editorials

It’s again time for groups of volunteers to walk along Michigan’s highways, graciously picking up the trash and other discarded items thoughtlessly left behind by others. Beginning Saturday, motorists should be on the lookout as Adopt-A-Highway volunteers fan out across Michigan for the ...

Vote yes on Bay IM millage

Letters to the Editor

EDITOR: There are some in our county who would have you vote against the Bay College Iron Mountain Campus millage renewal proposal, but here are several reasons for voting YES — — Vote YES if you, or someone you know, has benefited from taking classes at Bay College Iron Mountain ...

Bay has made a difference

Letters to the Editor

EDITOR: On Aug. 5, Dickinson County will have only ONE issue on the ballot: to renew the 1 mill allocation for the Bay College Iron Mountain Campus. As a full-time faculty member, I taught at both campuses in Escanaba and Iron Mountain for 29 years. I have seen how Bay College has made a ...