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Opinion

Obstructing ICE not a crime that warrants military intervention

Editorials

In better times with better political leaders, the tragic shooting of Renee Good in Minneapolis would have caused each side in the fight over Immigration and Customs Enforcement to de-escalate and try to calm the furies. Instead, both sides are courting more confrontation that could end in even ...

Thanks postal workers faced with understaffing

Letters to the Editor

Bouquet From Renee Lindow, Breitung Township: I would like to thank the postal workers who are working extra hours under difficult circumstances to deliver the mail, newspapers and packages to the residents of this area. Also for those trying to maintain the usual operations within the post ...

Does Trump need a portrait of Polk?

Columns

Donald Trump has a painting of Andrew Jackson in the Oval Office, but as he tries to browbeat Denmark into coughing up Greenland, maybe he should add a portrait of a Jackson acolyte — James K. Polk. If cold-eyed American expansionism is the theme, there are fewer better representatives than ...

ICE goes into Maine as court freezes Minnesota restrictions

Columns

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Maine became the latest target of the Trump administration's immigration enforcement crackdown, while a federal appeals court on Wednesday suspended a decision that prohibited federal officers from using tear gas or pepper spray against peaceful protesters in ...

Almanac for Jan. 22, 2026

Columns

Today is Thursday, Jan. 22, the 22nd day of 2026. There are 343 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1973, the U.S. Supreme Court, in its Roe v. Wade decision, declared a nationwide constitutional right to abortion. (The court would overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022, in the decision Dobbs ...