In the next few weeks the 26,727 American high schools will be graduating roughly 3.2 million students. After graduation 62% will go on to enroll at a college, university, or trade school. Of those that enroll, 64% will graduate with a degree contributing to the 38% of the U.S. population ...

In the closing months of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson was approached by Great Britain and French leaders for more troops to defend borders against Germany. Wilson directed the then, War Department, to send 5,500 troops from Battle Creek’s Fort Custer. They were comprised of 339th ...

HOUGHTON — Houghton High School Junior Reserve Officer’s Training Corps will be emplacing flags on veterans’ graves at the Forest Hill Cemetery, in Houghton, on Saturday, May 20, said JROTC Instructor Colonel Dylan Carlson (USA Ret). “We’ll be working with some other volunteer ...

HANCOCK — For the past 17 years, Sandra Beauchamp and her family have been faithfully feeding the community every day at the Kaleva Cafe. Sunday will be the last day for the restaurant under the Beauchamps. Sandra and her husband Frank bought the 105-year-old restaurant 17 years ago after ...

ONTONAGON – If you asked her a decade ago if she planned to have children, a teenaged Karsten Varecha would have answered with a strong and emphatic “No.” Fast forward to 2023, and her response has reversed and her path enriched. This Ontonagon mother of 4 ½-year-old twins now devotes ...

I find myself remarking regularly on the passage of time, with particular reference to its effect on the human body. Naturally, disease and ill-health are usually the objects of discussion. As many will attest, the passing of time leads inexorably to joint pain, more specifically the ...