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Opinion

MDARD opens enrollment for forest program tax exemption

Editorial

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development reminds private landowners that applications to enroll in the Qualified Forest Program are due Sept. 1 to receive the associated tax exemption for the 2027 tax year. “MDARD supports sustainable forest management as a means of ...

Nation of suspects

Columns

Some of the recent legal challenges to the use of surveillance by the Department of Homeland Security upon Americans have resulted in the revelation of truly terrifying behavior by the government, in direct defiance of the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution. We now know that the federal ...

An autopsy as malpractice

Columns

The Democrats couldn't complete their term paper, but handed it in anyway because too many people were wondering what had become of it. Under pressure, the DNC finally released its autopsy of the 2024 election, after rampant speculation about what it contained and why it hadn't yet been made ...

Bergman just plain wrong

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: Representative Jack Bergman has recently sent a statement about Donald Trump’s agenda to us from Louisiana, where he lives most of the time. Bergman, you may recall, was one of only 16 members of Congress who voted to nullify the results of the 2020 election after the ...

Sonny Rollins knew not to die young

Columns

How is it that the "Saxophone Colossus" Sonny Rollins lived to 95? Aren't jazz musicians supposed to die at tragically early ages? Actually, that's a myth that Rollins and others proved flawed. It's true that Bix Beiderbecke, king of the cornet, was gone at 28, Charlie Parker at 34, Dinah ...

Parade marshal announcement, volunteer request made

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: Marquette Kiwanis Club is pleased to announce that Peggy and Peter Frazier of Marquette, who have given so much to the community, have been selected as parade marshals for the 2026 July 4th Parade. Peggy and Peter have sponsored the Lake Superior Theater from their boat ...