EDITOR’S INBOX

To the Editor:Hopefully, like myself many of you watched the video of the Dec. 15, 2025 Gladwin City Council meeting. I see that it has already been removed from online viewing. During the public comments session.

Dangerous items in mental health units

It defies belief that these things could have been allowed to happen: The mental health units at a VA facility were loaded up with items that could be used in suicides.

Finding help this year

Now that we have our new Social Security benefit amount and see, after the Medicare Part B deduction, just how little it’s going to be, many of us are on the edge of panic -- or at least very worried. We barely made it through last year, month by month.

EDITOR’S INBOX

To the Editor:As we move on into 2026, I want to send greetings, yes, greetings to each and every one of our 15 townships. Two cities, two public school districts, Skeels Christian, Mid Michigan College, and the Clare-Gladwin RESD!

Thanks

To the Editor:The Gladwin Goodfellows would like to thank all who made Distribution Day 2025 a success.It takes many hands and much preparation to buy, load, sort, load again and distribute the 100 boxes of food just in time for the Christmas holidays.

Yes, revive the Monroe Doctrine

President Trump likes putting his name on things, so maybe it was inevitable he’d get his own corollary to the Monroe Doctrine.

Christmas Kindness 2025

To the Editor:As I took my seat in the Gladwin High School cafetorium, I watched in awe as the members of the Gladwin Area Community Band filed onto the stage.

The tariffs aren’t helping

Ronald Reagan famously said that the most frightening words in the English language are: “I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” U.S. manufacturers must know exactly what the Gipper meant.

Measles vaccination as a public health investment, not an expense

As of this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has recorded more than 1,700 measles cases, the most in three decades. These cases stemmed from 45 reported outbreaks, a sharp increase from just 16 in 2024. Over 200 patients have been hospitalized and three have died.

Social Security increase ... not much

An informal poll of friends and neighbors got me a range of responses, from grimaces to laughs to snarls. My question was about how they were going to spend the approximate extra $56 that Social Security beneficiaries will be receiving as of January when the new COLA kicks in.That 2.