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Taking back power

HOUGHTON, MI September 21, 2026 – This September, 103 District Rep. Betsy Coffia D-Traverse City has officially launched the Take MI Power Back Tour, an anti-corruption town hall tour. Rep. Coffia is the state legislature’s only Democratic lawmaker in the north. In a series of speaking ...

Rescue mission

ONTONAGON COUNTY — Earlier this month, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, along with the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) and Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO), conducted three rescue missions to save a total of 27 lake sturgeon from low-water conditions in the Ontonagon ...

Outdoors North: John Pepin

I ain’t had a bite ‘cuz the moon’s too bright, I wish I had a big one or two. My trotline’s set and my hooks are wet and mama’s got the catfish blues, – Tom T. Hall The overnight temperatures had plummeted well below freezing, leaving the early morning crisp and brittle, ready to ...

Things are looking up

CALUMET – At its recent annual members meeting, The Calumet Theatre Company disclosed its 2025–26 fiscal year was more successful than anticipated. Also included in this past year is a shift in staff structure. Newly elected company president Jim Enrietti said former acting executive ...

Faith and Family

This week we read the Gospel of St. Matthew 20:1-16. If you recall, it is the simple story of a landowner hiring day laborers for his vineyard. The story is interesting and straightforward. The landowner needs workers and, as in our own time, goes down to the town square and finds laborers ...

Dear Annie

Dear Annie: I've been a teacher for 19 years. I've quit my job and have what I think are panic attacks when I think about going back. Throughout my career as a mandated reporter, I've had to call the authorities multiple times, and I've always been a shoulder for children who've been abused ...