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Grateful for McBroom’s efforts on Bacco Memorial Highway

Bouquet We are the granddaughter and great-grandchildren of Medio J. Bacco, and we wish to commend and thank Ed McBroom for advocating to designate the portion of U.S. 8 from the Michigan-Wisconsin border to its intersection with U.S. 2 in Norway as the “Medio J. Bacco Memorial Highway.” While our grandfather (great-grandfather) paved this section of roadway — one of the first paved highways in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula — and later built a successful business in road construction, aggregate production, and related industries, we believe he would most want to be remembered ...

Michigan has guides for choosing safe fish to eat

Planning to drop a line and collect a stringer of fish, fresh out of the lake, river or stream? The state has some advice on what to consider before consuming the day’s catch. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has released the 2026 Eat Safe Fish Guides to help Michigan residents choose fish that are best for them and their families. The Eat Safe Fish Guides provide consumption guidelines for eating locally caught fish. Guidelines are based on levels of chemicals found in the portions of fish people eat, typically the filets. Test results from the MDHHS Bureau of ...

Pulte should not head national intelligence

In the 20th century, Americans learned how government abuse of secrets can threaten liberty. It happened during Woodrow Wilson’s presidency, the McCarthy era and J. Edgar Hoover’s long reign at the F.B.I. After the Watergate scandal, however, Democrats and Republicans joined forces to put in place new rules and procedures to prevent federal officials from using sensitive information to harass political opponents. That system, while never perfect, largely succeeded in preventing the politicization of law enforcement and intelligence. President Trump has dismantled these safeguards ...