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Editorials

Warm conditions force cancellation of UP200, other races

Even the most casual weather forecasters among us knew this was almost certainly coming — the announcement that the UP200, Midnight Run and Jack Pine 30 scheduled for Feb. 16-18 had been canceled for a second consecutive year. UP200 president Darlene Walch issued this prepared statement: ...

Equipment being left at Cancer Loan Closet

The Cancer Loan Closet has recently encountered a number of pieces of medical equipment being left outside of our building before/after hours or on weekends. This practice makes our job more difficult, as we have to try and track down who brought that piece of equipment back or if it’s been ...

IM had role in Operation Christmas Child success

Bouquet: Generosity throughout Iron Mountain contributed to a successful shoebox gift collection season at drop-off locations for the Samaritan’s Purse project Operation Christmas Child. Across the U.S., the project collected 10 million shoebox gifts in 2023. Combined with those collected ...

Iowa model for fair maps still the answer

The solution to Republican lawmakers gerrymandering voting districts across Wisconsin isn’t for Democrats or a liberal-leaning high court to skew the maps to the Democrats’ advantage. The fix must be a neutral and permanent map-making process that both major political parties — and more ...

Don’t sign on to petition for property tax elimination

It’s simple math. Imagine you work two jobs. Some of you probably do. You pool the money from those two jobs and use that income to cover your bills — your house payment, your car, your utilities, your groceries. Now, imagine being laid off from one of those jobs. You now have but a ...

Whitmer focus in SOS positive but funding needed

Education and housing — those were among the principal themes sounded by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last week in the annual State of the State address. Both are key issues in the Upper Peninsula, especially housing, a lack of which continues to vex regional residents On education, Whitmer ...