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Adopt-A-Highway program participants will be out Saturday

Editorial

Motorists in Superiorland and elsewhere in the state of Michigan should be aware that the third and final edition of the 2026 Michigan Department of Transportation's Adopt-A-Highway program will take place starting Saturday and running through Sept. 27. That means, of course, that numerous people wearing high-visibility, yellow-green safety vests required by federal regulations will be combing roadway rights-of-way, picking up everything from discarded plastic bottles and jars to abandoned tires and other assorted trash. MDOT provides free vests and trash bags and arranges to haul away ...

House Bill 5536 would deregulate Michigan’s wetlands

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: Michigan House Bill 5536 could deregulate over one million acres of Michigan’s wetlands. Yes, you read that right. Introduced by state Rep. David Martin, R-Grand Blanc earlier this year, HB 5536 has passed the Michigan House of Representatives and now awaits consideration in the Senate Natural Resources and Agriculture Committee. HB 5536 would impose the federal government’s narrow interpretation of the Clean Water Act on Michigan’s wetlands, requiring that wetlands have a direct surface connection to federally-regulated “Waters of the United States” ...

Don't let the war on woke lull us all to sleep

Columns

History is written to be argued about, I have often said. Recent efforts by the Trump administration's culture war have offered numerous examples. In recent days, we have seen Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a break from the administration's war against Iran, announce the re-installation ...

When stinging insects become a painful problem

Editorial

It's that time of year when stinging insects that normally keep their distance can become a problem. Late summer is peak season for bee, wasp and hornet activity - and the time of year when stinging insects can be at their most aggressive, Emplify Health by Bellin warns. Stinging insect colonies have grown to their largest size and are at their most active as they transition toward nest defense ahead of winter. This transition triggers a more aggressive and defensive behavior toward anything they perceive as a threat, Emplify Health advised in a news release. At the same time, as ...

Never forget 9/11

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: Like many Americans, I was devastated by the loss of nearly three thousand lives at the destruction of the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. I was 17 that day and it felt like the world was ending. In many ways, it did. Our culture, security measures, our opinions on Islam and our very notion of who we were as a nation changed forever. Twenty-five years and two wars later, New York has a proud Muslim mayor and Abdul El-Sayed is a strong front runner for Senate in Michgan. As 42 year old me pondered the meaning of this amid increasingly hateful rhetoric, I ...

What do we know after 9/11? Little, if anything

Editorial

Like most Americans who were adults on Sept. 11, 2001, my life is divided into "before" and "after" 9/11. I awoke to a phone call from a friend at the airport, where her flight had been canceled, and turned on the TV just a few minutes before the second plane hit the World Trade Center ...