×

Editorials

A poem celebrating the Northern Lights YMCA

Bouquet: Northern Lights YMCA A haven for those who strive To be fit, healthy and wise. With gleaming fitness machines and classes galore, Friendly staff,and childcare, Search no more So, come one, come all, Join the YMCA Get fit for fall Maintain not gain Y’all

Change home smoke detectors along with clocks this weekend

This weekend’s time change is a good opportunity for Michigan families to upgrade their smoke detectors, State Fire Marshal Kevin Sehlmeyer advised. “Traditionally, the time change is an ideal time to replace batteries in smoke detectors,” Sehlmeyer said in a news release. “That’s ...

A week to recognize Michigan’s veterans in small business

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has recognized this to be Veterans Small Business Week in Michigan, “to celebrate the positive contributions made by veteran-owned small businesses to our local communities and economies across Michigan,” the governor’s office stated in a news release. “During ...

University parking issues may affect student perception

Someone in our newsroom once noted the worst thing about owning a car sometimes is finding a place to park it. That seems especially true in the winter here in the Upper Peninsula when we are faced with mounting snow and overnight parking bans. The issue of where to put your car once you have ...

Help keep animals safe this Halloween

As Michiganders make final preparations on costumes and decorative displays for trick-or-treating today, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development would like to remind the public of ways to keep their animals healthy and safe this Halloween as well. “Considering the needs ...

SOAR transparency sorely needed in state

Transparency — as a topic — often solicits so many bipartisan cheers that there aren’t enough government-issued pom-poms to go around. In the beginning. In and of itself, government transparency isn’t a partisan issue. Who wouldn’t want to know more about how government operates? ...