EDITOR: At the January Dickinson County Board Meeting, the Commissioners voted to end funding for the Michigan State University Extension Services. At the center of this issue was funding to support a full-time 4-H Coordinator position at a cost of $81,000, which would come out of the ...

In a small town like ours, the “grapevine intercom” is loud and clear — and means more than all the advertising of our big box stores! I have been boycotting a certain store in our area from April 2023 to November 2024. For over 18 months I managed to not step foot in the place. I have ...

A full-page message of Police Officer Appreciation was featured in the Jan. 27 issue of The Advertiser. The intended encouragement of our law enforcement community seems a bit hollow after President Donald Trump’s mass pardons Jan. 20 for roughly 1,500 rioters and the commutation of the ...

Unfortunately, what concerned me the most about Donald Trump becoming president again is coming to fruition. His stripping some officials who have been threatened of their government-assigned security. Gen. Mark Milley, the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, having his portraits ...

Last week, U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman penned a letter to U.S. Postal Service Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, citing a recent decision that adversely impacts the mail processing for the Iron Mountain VA. In his letter, Bergman demanded answers for why the location’s outbound mail is now being ...

EDITOR: Is lying about people, places, conditions and opponents, both political or not, now a legitimate path to power and success? This was shown to be true in the result of our last election. Some examples of the lies included the behavior of Haitians in Youngstown, Ohio; the extent of ...