The April 22 edition of The News had a photograph of Jessie Curtis, a conservation officer with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, holding an injured snowy owl she’d rescued near Hubbard Lake after she, according to resident Gary Bandrow, “chased the sucker a good ...
Although some in the law enforcement community might take issue, we believe legislation that’s headed to the desk of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer making fundamental changes in Michigan’s forfeiture law is not only appropriate but long past due. Under the bill, which enjoyed rare bi-partisan ...
Grandparents, beware. That frantic phone call supposedly from a beloved grandchild likely isn’t anyone even remotely related to you, according to the Michigan State Police Calumet Post. The post issued the warning after several residents in the region reported getting calls claiming to be ...
This is National Infant Immunization Week. Michigan health officials and the I Vaccinate campaign are using the week to highlight the importance of protecting infants from vaccine-preventable diseases through immunization. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer also has declared this Infant Immunization Week ...
Bouquet From the Rev. Edward Laarman, Niagara, Wis.: As the treasurer of the Iron Mountain Area Clergy Association, I am writing to thank the community for your wonderful generosity. On April 16, the Dickinson County Community Chorus offered a stunningly beautiful Holy Tuesday Choral Service ...
Greg Lukianoff, author and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, presented “The Threat to Free Speech on Campus and What to Do About It” on Monday at Northern Michigan University’s Jamrich Hall. Lukianoff is co-author, with social psychologist Jonathan Haidt, of ...
When one works at an unreasonably rapid pace, the quality of the results can sometimes suffer — and the Michigan legislation which created the Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority looks to offer an example of this. The corridor authority was established to provide oversight for a new utility ...
That rarest of political circumstances occurred not many days ago in Lansing when many — certainly not all — Democrats and Republicans found an issue they could agree on. OK, that’s something of an overstatement as the two parties do cooperate from time to time. But that cooperation is ...
Most everyone likely has a little plastic bottle of unused, outdated pills sitting on a back shelf in their home. Those medications might have been needed when the back went out, to battle a bug or to deal with an injury or surgery long since healed. The practice used to be to flush such ...
We see it as good news that Gov. Whitmer is rethinking her position on the replacement of the current Line 5, which carries petroleum in the straits of Mackinac. Enbridge is proposing to build a tunnel 100 feet below the lake bed to carry a replacement system to the current Line 5. We believe ...
If you’re thinking it might be cute to get the kids some chicks, ducklings or even a bunny for their Easter basket, for the animals’ sake please reconsider. Experts warn that, as with puppies and kittens at Christmas, the holidays are not a good reason to acquire a new pet. Chicks, ...
April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month. Parkinson’s disease, or PD, is a chronic, progressive neurological disorder that cannot be cured but can be effectively controlled for many years through medication, rehabilitative therapies and, in some cases, surgery. The primary symptoms are tremor ...
Michigan will no longer spend taxpayer dollars to fund adoption agencies that discriminate against LGBTQ parents. Attorney General Dana Nessel announced the change in policy last month as part of the settlement to a lawsuit initiated in 2017 by two same-sex couples, one from Lansing and one ...
Spring is here, which means people soon will be looking toward vacations in the North Woods or getting back to cabins or camp sites they have in the region. Unfortunately, that movement could carry plant and tree pests to places they otherwise might never reach. The U.S. Department of ...
A long-standing Michigan Department of Natural Resources program that has a decidedly female focus deserves recognition, even as organizers start planning for the summer session. It’s known as Becoming an Outdoors Woman, and for the past 22 years, it’s exposed women 18 and older to a wide ...
The knocking of hammers and buzzing of saws can easily be associated with construction and the trades industry. Typically, at least in the more traditional sense, those people swinging the hammers and working the saws have been of the male variety. But that may be changing. A good example of ...
Another car ride, more good news for the Great Lakes. Last week, President Donald Trump told a roaringly appreciative crowd that he will restore a 90 percent slash to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which dropped from $300 million to $30 million. He announced the breaking news after ...
The annual seasonal change in the north is approaching: winter to road construction. The orange barrels and vests should pop up throughout the region not long after the daffodils and trillium. With that in mind, Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers has proclaimed April 8-12 as Work Zone Awareness ...
We’d like to offer our congratulations to Beacon House officials, realty reps and others involved in the very recent sale of the former hospitality house in north Marquette to people from the Chicago area. It was announced late last week that the building, located at 1301 N. Third St., had ...
The National Weather Service needs you. Even the delayed spring of the North Woods still has the potential for severe thunderstorms, heavy rains and other hazards going into summer. For evidence, ask Houghton and Keweenaw area residents about last Father’s Day. So in late April and into ...