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Half-buried sandbags line the front of a property in Lake Charter Township in Southwest Michigan. The water has dropped to below-average levels, but many residents are keeping their defenses in place for the inevitable rise. EMILIO PEREZ IBARGUEN

Half-buried sandbags line the front of a property in Lake Charter Township in Southwest Michigan. The water has dropped to below-average levels, but many residents are keeping their defenses in place for the inevitable rise. EMILIO PEREZ IBARGUEN

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Years after high water crisis, lax policies leave Michigan coastline vulnerable

Emilio Perez Ibarguen
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
LANSINGKathy and Tom Brickley knew erosion would be an immutable part of owning a property on Lake Michigan when they moved into their dream cottage 15 years ago.For the first decade, the erosion caused by waves wearing away at beaches and dunes in annual cycles was manageable.

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The Big Boys Club of Gladwin County thanks you

News Staff
Wednesday, August 13, 2025
To the Editor:On Aug. 2, 2025, The Big Boys Club of Gladwin County held their 15th Annual Golf Tournament Scramble at Gladwin Heights Golf Course. The weather was perfect for an outing and 28 teams came to have a good time and support the Big Boys Club.
The Dole Act: benefits and improvements

The Dole Act: benefits and improvements

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The Dole Act: benefits and improvements

News Staff
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Have you wondered what exactly is included in the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act? There’s one way to find out: Scroll through it. There’s more to the Act than you might imagine, and all of it is to benefit you.Sec.
Hamas is to blame for Gaza’s woes

Hamas is to blame for Gaza’s woes

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Hamas is to blame for Gaza’s woes

News Staff
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Hamas started a war, rejected a ceasefire and stole and profited from humanitarian aid, and we are supposed to believe that it’s all Israel’s fault.International attention is focused on food shortages in Gaza, with the blame and the pressure -- as always -- on Israel to do something about it.

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Concerned citizen

News Staff
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
To the Editor:It is time for us to cause some good trouble in the state of Michigan. The Enbridge’s Great Lakes Oil Tunnel cannot be allowed to receive a permit to build from the State of Michigan. This project is an experiment in the hands of people that do not even know, what they don’t know.
The Mossad Canard

The Mossad Canard

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The Mossad Canard

News Staff
Wednesday, July 30, 2025
It’s almost conventional wisdom in certain quarters that Jeffrey Epstein must have been working for the Israeli intelligence service Mossad.“It’s extremely obvious to anyone who watches that this guy,” Tucker Carlson said of Epstein the other day, “had direct connections to a foreign government.

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EDITOR’S INBOX

News Staff
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
To the Editor:There’s a beautiful prayer at Sacred Heart Church that starts, “Sacred Heart Parish is composed of intentional disciples like me. I help make it what it is.” We are responsible to make the community what it is; Gladwin isn’t just a place on a map; it’s what we make it.

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Second Saturday Supper cancelled

News Staff
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
To the Editor:The Second Saturday Supper at the New Beginnings Methodist Church, scheduled for next Saturday, July 12, is cancelled due to scheduling conflicts and just a very busy day in Gladwin.
Doug Seibert and Chad Donahue

Doug Seibert and Chad Donahue

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SUPERINTENDENT CORNER

Chuck Frisbie
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
School of Choice applications accepted beginning July 1 Gladwin Schools will once again accept School of Choice applications beginning July 1, until Friday, August 22. This will be the only School of Choice window to apply for School of Choice this year.
The new massive resistance

The new massive resistance

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The new massive resistance

News Staff
Wednesday, June 25, 2025
On Sept. 30, 1962, the University of Mississippi experienced a “mostly peaceful” demonstration. As with all such protests, it was peaceful until it wasn’t -- it became a riot, and a particularly heinous and destructive one.
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