To the editor: After a year of only video contact and occasional through the window short term meetings, we finally got near some kind of normal and were able to safely gather the family back home with her. We all did our part to bring the virus under control, practiced social distancing, ...

To the editor: I’m seeing some upside down U.S. flags in the area by folks claiming to be “patriots.” These same “patriots” scream about the dreaded Antifa. Antifa, of course, is just a contraction of anti-fascist. You know, much like all of the brave heroes who fought, and in ...

To the editor: Dillon Geshel is a visionary leader. Director of the Portage Lake District Library since 2015, he has turned it into a happy, thriving center of the community. His staff look forward to coming to work, and library patrons flock to the library to find books, magazines and DVDs, ...

To the editor: I’m a pro-choice and pro-democracy believer. Also, I believe the new Texas law aborts democracy. How about you? My obituary will not state that I was conceived on June 3, 1932, experienced a heart murmur in July and was born on February 3, 1933. Instead it will state that ...

To the editor: The legacy of a person, in this case a man, is the impact that he has had on the people and the events that surrounded his life. I’m referring to my husband Brian J. McLean. His achievement to earn that title of sheriff with the votes from the people of Houghton County was ...

To the editor: The anti-vaxers have been busy demonstrating around the country. One person was observed carrying a placard that read: “My body, My choice, Includes vaccines too.” That person should be thankful that parents, without giving a choice to their children, have them vaccinated ...