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Opinion

MSP appreciates support for annual toy, food drive

Editorial

This week’s Bouquets go to — From Spl/Lt. Benjamin Eckola, Michigan State Police Eighth District public information officer: The Michigan State Police are thankful for the opportunity around the holiday season to take part in fun, positive events like the 16th-annual “Stuff a Blue ...

Trump leads America boldly into decline

Local columns

Bribery, inflation, plagues, crumbling trade links, stalled innovation — all these negatives helped bring down the once-mighty Roman Empire. But Rome needed centuries of bad leadership to collapse. Donald Trump seems to be undoing American greatness at warp speed. Sure, the United States ...

DOJ appeals order for mass deportation inquiry

Local columns

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department asked an appeals court Friday to block a contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March. The department also is seeking Chief Judge James Boasberg's removal ...

Almanac for Dec. 13, 2025

Local columns

Today is Saturday, Dec. 13, the 347th day of 2025. There are 18 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2003, Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. forces while hiding in a hole under a farmhouse in Adwar, Iraq, near his hometown of Tikrit. Also on this date: In 1862, Union forces led ...

Wisconsin expands ‘Move Over’ law on its roadways

Editorial

With Upper Peninsula residents regularly venturing south into Wisconsin, it helps to know the rules of the road in that state — and a significant one became law this week, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation advised. Drivers in Wisconsin are now required to move over or slow down when ...