EDITOR: “Stupid is as stupid does” (Forrest Gump-1994) This quote seems to aptly describe the Escanaba City Council along with the Delta County Board of Commissioners. City council: It’s not enough that we’re known as the drug capital of the U.P. and “Methanaba” and now you have ...

EDITOR: I attended the Board of Commissioners meeting on Tuesday, February 21, and was both appalled and embarrassed at what I witnessed. All citizens of Delta County need to see for themselves the inept and rude behavior exhibited by some of our elected officials. The ineptness is largely ...

EDITOR: Time of the Delta County Board of Commissioners 1-3-23: Moved by Commissioner Petersen and seconded by Commissioner Barron to refer Ethic Complaints or Violations to the State Ethics Board and discontinue the Ethics Committee; 1-17-2023 Moved by Commissioner Barron and seconded by ...

EDITOR: City crews, we moved to a “new”office in December. When we moved in, I realized that there was no recyclable bin. So, I simply looked up the correct number and informed them. That same day, or by the next morning, a bin was delivered. Now I know half a dozen people that their ...

EDITOR: I am writing to discuss the Delta County Commission Special Meeting 2-14-23. Delta County Commission bylaws state, “1.6 Special Meetings. Petition and Notice. A special meeting of the County Board of Commissioners shall be held only when a written request from at least one ...

EDITOR: Our liberty cannot be guarded but by the freedom of the press, nor that be limited without danger of losing it. — Thomas Jefferson to John Jay, 1786. The reporting of Ilsa Minor to the chaotic events that unfolded at the last Delta County Commission meeting has been ...