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Editorial

Taking steps to make sure your groundwater is safe

Are you confident the water in your home is safe? It’s a valid question for those who tap into wells for their households. This is Groundwater Awareness Week, according to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. Groundwater is a vital resource in Wisconsin, with approximately 70% ...

IOHR is about to get even better with new boardwalk

The Iron Ore Heritage Trail has proven to be a real gem of a local venue, attracting recreationers of all stripes. And it’s about to get even better, courtesy of a $218,000 Michigan Trust Fund grant and a fair amount of its own money. The funds will be used to construct a boardwalk in a ...

Ignore the calendar; warm weather driving is here

The joggers and walkers are out in force, skate and longboarders are everywhere, bikers dart in and out of traffic and the calendar reads mid-March. Whether Superiorland and the region will get more snow is anyone’s guess. What is certain, however, is warm weather driving is here and now, ...

Don’t drive drunk, buzzed or high

The Michigan State Police reported 9,331 alcohol-related crashes in the state in 2022, including 301 crashes in which at least one person died. That includes 79 alcohol-related crashes across Alpena, Presque Isle, Montmorency, and Alcona counties, four of those crashes fatal. The State ...

Many nurses approach breaking point

We’ve seen it locally, across the state and nationally, too, nurses by the score telling us they feel increasingly burned out. In fact, researchers at the University of Michigan found that almost 94% of those nurses surveyed reported feeling “significant exhaustion” in relation to their ...

State dropping ball in distributing SNAP funding

The state of Michigan just got its proverbial knuckles slapped by the feds for slow and inaccurate administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. More commonly known as SNAP, the federally-funded initiative provides food benefits to low-income families to supplement their ...