Opinion

When claims aren’t checked out

News Staff
Wednesday, September 3, 2025
Aveteran and wife duo have been indicted for a whole menu of crimes against the VA, including conspiracy to defraud the United States, theft of government funds and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
Isaac Hanna home located on Cemetery Road, note the headstones in the background at left.

Isaac Hanna home located on Cemetery Road, note the headstones in the background at left.

A LOOK BACK IN TIME | ISAAC HANNA RESIDENCE

News Staff
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
BOB FREIGLADWIN COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETYOf the three most impressive older homes in Gladwin County history, two are still standing – both clad in stone. This one, however, stood for only a few years. Isaac Hannah was a busy and successful entrepreneur in the early decades of Gladwin County.
Trump is wrong about mail-in voting

Trump is wrong about mail-in voting

Trump is wrong about mail-in voting

News Staff
Wednesday, August 27, 2025
President Trump is threatening to wage war on mail-in ballots, and the GOP has to hope he thinks again before the 2026 midterms.
Trump should get his new census – in 2030

Trump should get his new census – in 2030

Trump should get his new census – in 2030

News Staff
Wednesday, August 20, 2025
Trump wants a new census. If, by this, he means a snap-census before the scheduled 2030 survey, he’s demanding that the federal government undertake a gargantuan task with minimal planning and no discernible source of funding.
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

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.

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

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

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.

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.
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