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Leave wolves alone

Letters To The Editor


To the Journal editor: State representatives Dave Prestin and Greg Markkanen miss the mark by recommending the removal of wolves from the endangered species list and endorsing a wolf hunt here in Michigan. Studies out west have conclusively shown that wolves are apex predators without which ecosystems suffer. We need them to keep the natural world in proper balance. We do not have an overabundance of wolves in northern Michigan, but we most certainly have too many deer causing about 150 human fatalities each year and $1 billion in vehicular damage, as reported in The Mining Journal ...

Beware the charm of our rising chatbots

Columns

Leave it to a comedian with a national TV platform to express what troubles a lot of us, even if we hesitate to talk about it — for fear of being ridiculed as backward-looking worry warts. "When the people who are making AI are scared of AI, it's time to shut the whole thing down until we ...

Karlyn Rapport embodies spirit of Evergreen Award

Editorial

Marquette County is stronger because of leaders like Karlyn Rapport, whose decades of service have opened doors, strengthened lives and created opportunities for generations of women and girls. Some people make a difference in their communities through a single accomplishment. Others spend a lifetime identifying needs, bringing people together and building solutions that endure long after the work begins. Karlyn Rapport belongs firmly in the latter category, and her selection as the 2026 Evergreen Award of Marquette County recipient is a fitting recognition of a remarkable legacy of ...

Backs Ishpeming library millage

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: Andrew Carnegie – who would become a celebrated steel magnate and the richest man in America – emigrated at age 12 from Scotland to Pennsylvania with his family in 1848. Carnegie’s family was poor. They borrowed money to come to America seeking a better life. Andrew got a job at a Scottish-owned cotton factory as a bobbin boy. He worked 12 hours a day, six days a week, changing out thread spools of thread at a starting wage of $1.20 a week. Something happened during this time that Carnegie often recalled as a life-changing experience. He was given access ...

Protect yourself, family: Get your flu vaccine today

Editorial

As flu season returns to Michigan, residents are being urged to get their annual flu vaccinations to protect themselves, their families and their communities. Declining vaccination rates across the state have become a growing public health concern, leaving more people vulnerable to serious illness, hospitalization and even death. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 42% of Michigan residents ages 6 months and older received a flu vaccine during the 2024–25 flu season. This means that fewer than half of eligible residents were vaccinated, ...

Bergman unresponsive on critical commitment to democracy

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: U.S. Rep Jack Bergman, R-Watersmeet, is difficult to get a public position statement (on) any major national issue and he refuses to appear in any open public town hall to be questioned. By his voting record, he supports Trump’s Iran excursion (war), Trump’s Canadian 50% import taxes (including hockey equipment), masked immigration agents assaults on US citizens and huge increases in the U.S. deficit due to tax breaks for the very wealthy and corporations. However, even more concerning is whether his loyalty to Trump will overcome his acceptance of the will ...