We reap what we sow. It seems the seeds of our nation’s nonchalant chemical legacy are generating more fruit than at any other point in our history – the kind of toxic produce that our grandchildren and their grandchildren will live with. Or at least we seem to know more now than in the ...

At one point, Montmorency County has, on a per-capita basis, received more opioid pills than most other counties in Michigan. Some 4 million pills flowed into the county between 2006 and 2012, according to a database made public following a court fight by news organizations that tracked drug ...

We were pleased to see members of the Michigan House of Representatives take a break from the cultural proxy wars they seem to often favor and pass a bit of meaningful legislation this week. On Tuesday, the state House approved a package of bills updating and modernizing its social media ...

Lt. Gov. Garlan Gilchrist made a swing through the Upper Peninsula over the weekend, glad-handing at several events and generally showing the Whitmer administration flag. Among other things, the state’s number two executive talked up the new Michigan Office of Rural Development. The ...

January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, emphasizing the importance of routine screenings in the diagnosis of cervical cancer. “Women need to know that cervical cancer is almost always preventable,” said Dr. Solomon Agbroko, an obstetrician/gynecologist with Aspirus Health in the Upper ...

It’s been a long and difficult journey that has spanned multiple governors and presidents, but the budget to build a new lock at the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie is — at last — fully funded. The final piece of the estimated $1.3 billion needed to build the new lock has come into place, ...