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Opinion

Residents warned of SSA scam

Editorial

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is urging residents to be on high alert for a new impersonation scam after the Social Security Administration (SSA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) issued an alert (PDF) warning about criminals posing as SSA OIG agents and demanding in-person meetings ...

Ethics

Letters to the Editor

EDITOR: The last year I felt pummeled by the word ethics ie: Delta County Citizens for Ethical Leadership. Luckily, due to the fact that I was required to take 1.5 credits every two years on the topic of professional ethics to maintain my Wisconsin engineering license before I retired, I have ...

Almanac

Local columns

By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Friday, April 12, the 103rd day of 2024. There are 263 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 12, 1861, the U.S. Civil War began as Confederate forces opened fire on Fort Sumter in South Carolina. On this ...

Trump’s abortion statement

Local columns

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump issued a lengthy statement on abortion this past Monday. It is the latest of several positions he has taken on an issue that continues to be hotly debated. Each statement is supposedly a matter of Trump’s “conviction,” though some have been contradictions of ...

A solar eclipse for the common good

Local columns

WASHINGTON — I left the house at high noon. Outdoors, Washington dressed in light spring green with splashes of pink cherry trees. The sun shone, no cloud cover. We earthlings had our eyes on the sky, from Texas to Maine. A solar eclipse was landing. That was the path of “totality,” a ...

Work Zone Awareness Week

Editorial

National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) is an event that takes place across the United States, with partnerships between state departments of transportation (DOT), national road safety organizations, government agencies, private companies and individuals. With our mild winter, orange cones ...