The Escanaba Department of Public Works is reminding homeowners to check their mailbox to ensure it is sturdy and secure for the winter season ahead. “Shake Your Mailbox” is a proactive maintenance activity to help minimize winter frustration. It encourages homeowners to check the ...

Sunday starts Forest Products Week, highlighting all the good things that come from well-managed woodlands. The week “recognizes the people who work in and care for our forests, the industry workers who make the forest products depend on and the many ways forest products contribute to ...

You reap what you sow. Especially if you dump on a lot of fertilizer. Critics of the Michigan Republican Party claim the party poohbahs are recovering this week from a flip-flop of pretzel-like proportions, as they are now — in bold letters on a mailer — reassuring their legions that it ...

National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week is observed October 20 – 26, 2024. This year’s theme is “Bright futures begin lead-free.” The theme highlights the importance of preventing lead exposure among children under 6 years of age by raising awareness about the sources of lead exposure, ...

National Newspaper Week kicked off Sunday and continues through Saturday, and we ask you to join us in celebrating newspapers and all they do for their communities. Research into what happens when towns lose their newspaper reveals that newspapers anchor democratic action. When newspapers ...

Little ladies of America, put down your sewing kits and listen up: Donald Trump and the Republican Party have your cute little backs. They’re going to protect you — from making your own choices about reproduction, from deciding whether to own a cat, maybe even from traveling between ...