Postal services in the Upper Peninsula appear to be headed down a disastrous path. Thankfully, Gary Peters is attempting to subvert that. Peters, D-Michigan, authored legislation in 2021 for significant postal reform, improving operations and “saving about $50 billion over the next 10 ...

Every city has a handful of buildings that, over the years, become venerable. Most often, it seems, these structures are tied to the history of the city and its people, making them important landmarks worth preserving and repurposing, if at all possible. The city of Marquette is no ...

Although appeals are coming, a criminal case with wide-ranging implications wrapped up downstate last week when a judge sentenced the parents of a school shooter to at least 10 years in prison for failing to take steps that could have prevented a “runaway train” — the killing of four ...

An area health care provider is warning residents about the resurgence of measles in the United States — and recommending getting the vaccine that can guard against the virus. As of March 21, 64 cases of measles had been reported across the U.S. in 17 states. Several have happened in the ...

Although the wheels of justice turn ever so slowly, they do, in fact, turn. And although the American system of jurisprudence is far from perfect — slowness being one of the prime complaints about it — no one has come up with a better system. This week, in the U.S. District Court in ...

Well, it’s that time of year again. No, I’m not referring to spring, although based on some technicality, that would be true; and no, I’m not referring to Easter. Monday is Tax Day — the deadline for which taxpayers must submit their returns or file to request an extension by. An ...