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Opinion

Prepare teen drivers for the road ahead

Editorial

The State Patrol in neighboring Wisconsin has chosen to highlight teen driver safety as its October Law of the Month. As always, the advice given works for Upper Peninsula residents as well, not just those across the border. A teen driver is involved in a crash every 28 minutes in Wisconsin, ...

Calling on Bergman to investigate judge

Letters to the Editor

This letter was sent to U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet: Lawyers from the administration are accused of lying to judges in court. You must investigate and, if necessary, impeach a recently appointed circuit judge. A Department of Justice lawyer was fired after he told a judge the ...

Who will protect us from the protectors?

Local columns

In the same week in which President Donald Trump announced that he was federalizing 200 Oregon National Guard soldiers and dispatching them to the streets of Portland, he quietly signed a Presidential National Security Memorandum that purports to federalize policing. The memorandum, just like ...

Almanac for Oct. 6, 2025

Local columns

Today is Monday, Oct. 6, the 279th day of 2025. There are 86 days left in the year. Today in history: In 1981, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was shot to death by members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad while reviewing a military parade. Also on this date: In 1927, the era of talking ...