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Opinion

AG warns of scam with ‘prop money’

Editorial

The state is warning of a scam involving Facebook Marketplace and similar platforms — and if this one sounds like something out of the movies, it’s because it is. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has reissued a consumer alert after numerous social media reports surfaced of ...

Plans have problems

Letters To The Editor

To the Journal editor: Once again President Trump forced a business to give a share of it’s ownership to the United States government. On Oct. 6, Bloomberg News reported that the government will take a 10 percent share of Trilogy Metals, Inc., as part of a $35.6 million investment in Alaska ...

Janet Mills happens to be a lot younger Than Bernie Sanders

Columns

So Democrat Janet Mills, governor of Maine, is running against Susan Collins, the state's Republican senator since 1997. An established political figure would be running against another established political figure, yet the current reportage for Mills tends to start off with "77-year-old Janet ...

Why people resist modern vaccines a mystery

Editorial

It’s hard to understand why parents or adult guardians refuse to get their children vaccinated. It’s a puzzling problem that medical experts seem unable to crack: convincing all parents that immunizing their children against diseases that we thought were long gone generations ago. There ...

Unsafe environment claimed

Letters To The Editor

Northern Michigan University dorm construction is causing an unsafe environment for residents and pedestrians. In the last few weeks of NMU’s construction, the area of Waldo Street and Presque Isle Avenue has become incredibly unsafe. There has been a tremendous influx of traffic, folks not ...

MDARD offers advice on using disinfectants safely

Editorial

As temperatures and daylight declines and people spend more time in enclosed spaces, the chance to spread illness grows — it’s the start of the cold and flu season for a reason. So the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has issued some recommendations on using ...