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Editorial

A quiet killer is stalking our streets and highways

Driving while battling the urge to fall asleep is a familiar feeling for many. However, research from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety reveals the shocking lethality of drowsy driving. According to the Foundation study: ≤ 18 percent of all traffic fatalities between 2017 and 2021 ...

‘Sextortion’ sentencing hopefully will help start healing process

Thursday two saw two Nigerian brothers sentenced to 17.5 years in U.S. federal prison for their roles in the sexual exploitation and death of 17-year-old Jordan DeMay of Marquette in 2022. “Though I would have preferred the maximum sentence, I’m really proud of the fact that we’re even ...

Upper Peninsula the place to be in fall color season

The prospect of winter is a time for sadness for many Yoopers. Summer months seem to fly in the blink of an eye, while icy roads and bitter temps seem to last forever. While we have to deal with longer and more difficult winters than much of the country, the changing of the seasons gives us a ...

Beer Fest coming up this Saturday in Lower Harbor Park

It’s hard to believe that September is already upon us, and with it, the 15th annual Upper Peninsula Fall Beer Festival. The event, organized by the Michigan Brewers Guild, will be held from 1-6 p.m. Saturday in Ellwood A. Mattson Lower Harbor Park. The MBG is a nonprofit that hosts ...

Despite mass media, bats are definitely our friends

Halloween is just around the corner and that means an abundance images, like witches, goblins and bats will soon be served up via mass media including newspapers. Depending with whom you speak, witches and goblins are just for fun. However, bats do exist and that’s a good thing. Bats, you ...

Right wingers make gains in latest German election

One would think, and not unreasonably, that if there were any country on Earth that would be absolutely adverse to right wing politics, it would be Germany. With the notable exception of Japan and, in some ways, the old Soviet Union, no other country suffered the way Germany did during World ...