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Tips to protect personal information from scammers

For the 25th anniversary of International Fraud Awareness Week, the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services is providing tips to help the public protect their personal and financial information from scammers. “Observing International Fraud Awareness Week is a time to commit ourselves to taking steps to avoid falling victim to scams,” DIFS Director Anita Fox said in a news release. “As fraud schemes continue to modernize and appear increasingly authentic, the very best thing consumers can do to avoid fraud is to never give out information to anyone who contacts ...

Appreciated Edmund Fitzgerald program

This week's bouquets go to — From Janet Lindstrom, Escanaba: Dear Players de Noc — Your performance of Nov. 10 was so moving and informative. It was so well done and as you showed the pictures of each man lost in the shipwreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald and rang the bell, it became real. Thank you for all the hard work you did on the stage reading. It is good for us to remember how precious life is. You are all so awesome! We are blessed to have you in our community. -------- Bouquets run when available in Saturday's Daily Press, and provide the public with a forum to praise ...

Michigan steps up recycling effort for fourth straight year

While most in the Upper Peninsula will think of Saturday as the opening of firearm deer season, it has another designation as well this year: America Recycles Day in Michigan. In making the proclamation, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer pointed to data that show the state’s recycling rate is at an all-time high for the fourth consecutive year, “putting Michigan on track to achieve the state’s 30% recycling goal by 2029,” the proclamation states. “Participating in America Recycles Day ... is one way Michigan businesses and residents can help raise awareness about the need to reduce waste ...