EDITOR: The county commissioner meeting 4/4/23 was another example of three commissioners overriding common sense, detailed research and what is best for our county. I sincerely hope that down the road we don’t discover that three commissioners have already hand-picked the next ...

EDITOR: A transgender teen in Denver was responsible for a school shooting there. The Abeerdeen Maryland mass shooting that killed three and wounded two was committed by a transgender. Last year’s nightclub shooting in Colorado Springs that left five people dead and 25 injured was committed ...

EDITOR: It has become a major problem. There are speed limits. Those are not suggestions. When you are joyriding down Ludington Street by the cemetery at 45 and 50 miles per hour, you should get a ticket. Once you leave the stop light at 5th Avenue North going toward the fairgrounds, there is ...

EDITOR: For the past month and a half, we as a community have heard about the unsafe conditions of working at the Billerud Paper Mill. The cases of people contracting blastomycosis and the long-term effects this will have on these people’s families are saddening. We understand that there ...

EDITOR: Our township board approved indoor marijuana growing in our township. I attended the Ford River Planning and Zoning Board workshops on March 15th. The recommended distance from the lawyer who drew up the rules was 500 feet from the neighbor’s property line. The grower who was ...

EDITOR: I read today where Steve Viau is seeking information about a millage to help my fellow veterans. The Public Act 214,1899 designated 1/10th of a mill be collected to assist veterans, that would be $.10 per thousand dollars of property value. Back in 1899 that was probably a great sum ...