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Editorial

State urges testing for radon gas in homes

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has again declared this to be Radon Action Month in Michigan, encouraging all residents to learn more about this environmental hazard and test their homes during this winter’s heating season. Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas produced by the natural decay ...

US foreign aid rollback seems reasonable — for now

The Trump administration will always couch even its most reasonable decisions in the most dramatic terms possible, and so it was with a State Department announcement that the U.S. would be sending a significantly smaller humanitarian aid package to the United Nations: “Individual U.N. ...

Flu season just getting started

Flu season means taking precautions, care of oneself Although the holiday season is over, flu season just getting started Flu season is here and we’d like to remind everyone of a few things to remember as the illness peaks. Typically the flu season peaks in January or February, but with ...

AAA suggests four 2026 safe driving resolutions

AAA Michigan has offered some grim arguments for making safer motor vehicle practices part of your New Year’s resolutions for 2026. Preventable crashes claim lives and devastate families every day, AAA states in a news release. “These tragedies are not accidents; they are the result of ...

Keeping food and water safe when power is lost

With the widespread power outages early this week due to the winter storm — some in Marquette County still have not had service restored — and it only being the start of what normally is a long winter in the region, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is providing ...

The Washington Post on Trump’s China policy, deal with Taiwan

The Washington Post on Trump's China policy, deal with Taiwan The Trump administration’s approval of an $11.1 billion arms sale will help Taiwan gear up for, and therefore deter, a potential Chinese attack. It’s an overdo correction after months of policy changes that favored Beijing over ...