Last month “Governor Whitmer signed historic clean energy legislation making Michigan a national leader in the fight against climate change,” according to a news release from her office Nov. 28. By signing these laws Whitmer is admitting that climate change is real and therefore the need ...

For those of you who do not know, my wife and I, we are the Train People! Each year on the second Saturday of December we host a “train show” at the Florence County Library. This will be our 15th year. We bring a small train table, run some old-time Lionel type trains, tell the attendees ...

How have prices changed from 2000 to 2023? The buying power of $1 in 2000 equals the buying power of $1.79 today, meaning we lost about 3 cents each year on average. Inflation rates compare the year to the previous year of cost on products and services. The average inflation rate for 2000 was ...

Just a little about the rides from Faithorn to the Norway school, about 1955 to 1960. Faithorn, being at the far end of Menominee County, the plows and sanders very seldom got the roads open ahead of the school bus runs. Most of us kids had long driveways, 200 feet or so. Because of this, we ...

November is Family Caregivers Month in the great state of Michigan, which is home to an estimated 1.4 million family caregivers, with 1 in 5 (21.4%) Michigan adults currently providing care to family members or friends. One in five. Which means no matter how old you are or where you live, ...

The aluminum Tab Toss in May 2022 in Milwaukee collected 4,700 pounds to benefit the Ronald McDonald House. This past May, they collected 6,300 pounds, 10,246,500 tabs. With donations from corporations, foundations and individuals, they were able to add on a new long-term wing with 14 ...