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Letters to the Editor

Think about family — give up smoking

EDITOR: My wife passed away on Jan. 19, 2019, of stage 4 lung cancer. Yes, she smoked, but it is the cigarette companies I would like to go after. They make a poison, they know it, it kills, but there is big, huge money involved. Same with alcohol, addictive and it kills, and snuff. These ...

MCAC needs community’s help to continue helping those in need

I am writing as the chairwoman of the Board of Directors of the Medical Care Access Coalition, or MCAC. The MCAC was started in 2004, funded by a grant to help the uninsured and under-insured to receive the medical treatments and testing through services donated by local physicians and ...

Should Trump be above the law?

Is anyone above the law? This requires we define what that means. It means that the justice system cannot investigate, charge/indict, try or convict a person for any suspected criminal act or activity. This has happened in some countries where the leader was viewed as ordained from a deific ...

SAY Soccer needs volunteers

SAY Soccer started in our area about 1980. By 1992, we had more than 2,000 kids on our rosters. All kids who sign up get on a team and all players must play half a game. It is a great sport for this reason and many others. In 2019, we had 1,200 players. Many of the SAY board members are ...

Salvation Army strives to meet human needs

EDITOR: The Salvation Army Bread of Life Center is a Salvation Army Service Extension Unit of the Wisconsin and Upper Michigan Division. Its mission is to preach the gospel of Jesus Christ and to meet human needs in His name without discrimination. The Salvation Army vision, as a leader in ...

Having local hospital essential

Over the past few years, Dickinson County Healthcare System has weathered a lot of controversy, and its future is still up in the air today. I want to apologize to Dickinson County Memorial Hospital for taking so long to tell my story. In December of last year, I fell 23 feet off my two-story ...