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Opinion

Volunteers made Home and Garden Show possible

Editorial

This week’s bouquets go to: From: Melissa Bonifas-Ness, president, Escanaba Kiwanis Club The Escanaba Kiwanis Club would like to thank everyone involved in making the 2024 Home and Garden Show and Pancake Days an excellent success, especially our show sponsor, American Metal Roofs of ...

Almanac

Local columns

By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Saturday, May 4, the 125th day of 2024. There are 241 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On May 4, 1970, Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire during an anti-war protest at Kent State University, killing four students ...

What ever happened to the freedom of speech?

Local columns

WASHINGTON — When James Madison was a member of Congress in 1791 and charged with drafting the Bill of Rights, he made two grammatical demands. One was that the word “the” precede “freedom of speech” in the First Amendment, and the other was a command in the Ninth Amendment that the ...

‘Make government work’

Local columns

ESCANABA — President Joe Biden says, “I know how to make government work!” You’d think he’d know. He’s worked in government for 51 years. But the truth is, no one can make government work. Biden hasn’t. Look at the chaos at the border, our military’s botched withdrawal ...

Tick season is here

Editorial

If Superiorland residents didn’t already know it, tick season is in full swing and with it, the danger of contracting one of several nasty bacterial infections that are becoming all too common in the area. But ticks shouldn’t keep you out of the woods, if that’s something you enjoy ...

Report: About 4 in 10 Americans see China as an enemy

Local columns

WASHINGTON (AP) — About 4 in 10 Americans now label China as an enemy, up from a quarter two years ago and reaching the highest level in five years, according to an annual Pew Research Center survey released Wednesday. Half of Americans think of China as a competitor, and only 6% consider ...