Trump can’t deliver a quick exit from Iran
Whatever else Donald Trump’s “pause” is, it is not a ceasefire. Iranian barrages targeted Israel, Gulf Arab states and northern Iraq on Tuesday, while Israeli and U.S. warplanes struck across Iran. What Mr. Trump’s statement did was to narrow U.S. targets to exclude power plants and energy infrastructure to calm jittery markets. But the fighting continues. With reports that the U.S. is considering boots on the ground, Washington is waging war while searching for an exit — without a credible or unified negotiating position, as Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu pursues his own ...
Connor Sports puts UP in NCAA basketball tourneys
When college basketball's March Madness rolls around — the NCAA’s men’s Sweet Sixteen play starts today, the women’s side on Friday — Connor Sports gets a chance to be in the spotlight. The Crystal Falls-based company provides the hardwood courts for the tournaments, made from sugar maple harvested in the Upper Peninsula and northern Lower Peninsula and northern Wisconsin. It's thought the trees from this part of the country have the strongest characteristics to hold up over time, a company spokesman told Jeffrey Bonior for an article in Alliance for American Manufacturing, ...
Measles outbreak downstate should draw more reaction
Passing all but unnoticed in recent days were reports of a measles outbreak in the Lower Peninsula. News outlets in and around Washtenaw County say three linked cases have been reported since March 12, all in that county. This isn't good, from at least two vantage points: Number one, of course, is the fact that measles is an extremely contagious and dangerous viral illness that can lead to severe complications like pneumonia, brain damage (encephalitis), and death, particularly in children younger than 5 and unvaccinated individuals. Approximately 1 in 5 unvaccinated people in the U.S. ...