To the editor: As I write this, 700 Houghton County residents have tested positive for COVID-19.  I wonder how many of them realize that their positive COVID-19 test result means that they will forevermore be designated as having a pre-existing medical condition. Having a pre-existing ...

To the editor: During my childhood in the 30s and 40s poverty was real. The economy needed a tune up. The Work Project Administration (WPA) became one tool of compassionate capitalism for employing thousands of unskilled laborers for jobs like building the road on Brockway Mountain. As an old ...

To the editor: Need help sorting fact from fiction or debunking misleading claims on social media? The League of Women Voters of the Copper Country website (lwvccmi.org) provides links to reliable fact checkers. Media Bias FactCheck (MBFC) relies strictly on signatories of the ...

To the editor: I had the pleasure of knowing Dennis while serving on the Houghton County Board of Commissioners. Dennis served as my vice finance chair. Nothing gave Dennis more pleasure – with the exception of his wife, Sandy, children and grandchildren than giving back to the people of ...

To the editor: Visitors to our area see mainly Trump yard signs and assume that Copper Country voters are almost overwhelmingly for President Trump. This assumption is far from the truth. This year I have been volunteering for Democrats, making over a thousand phone calls to voters in three ...

To the editor: I am writing this letter in support of Janet Metsa for State Representative.  I had the opportunity to hear Ms Metsa speak early this summer.  She has a degree from MIT, and has a deep understanding of science and technology.  She spoke about a number of issues, and ...