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Letters to the Editor

Setting the record straight

To the Editor: First, I am writing to clarify the facts surrounding the issuance of fines to Café Rosetta in Calumet. To date, the food establishment has received two citations totaling $5,000, from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS). The Western Upper ...

Thanks for all the help

Bethany Lutheran’s Faithful Innovations Thrivent Action Team supporting Copper Country Angel Mission Kid’s Winter Clothing Drive would like to thank Surplus Outlet and Harter’s Party Store for their generous donation of jackets, Tractor Supply for their donation of 10 pair of boots, ...

Regrettable decision

To the editor: Mr. Bergman, The Electoral College made it official on the evening of Dec. 14. The election of Nov. 3 gave the win to Joseph R. Biden, president elect. When you approved of the Texas attorney general’s lawsuit several days ago, you committed a despicable act. As ...

Disloyalty

To the editor: Rep. Greg Markkanen’s endorsement of the Texas attorney general’s bogus suit filed with the Supreme Court to disenfranchise the results of Michigan voters is reprehensible and disloyal to his oath of office. Must he be reminded that he represents the voters of Michigan not ...

Whose facts are we using?

To the editor: At a meeting sponsored by the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce in late 2019, held in Houghton, I asked Rep. Jack Bergman if our elected officials should tell the truth to their constituents. Initially, he though the question was a joke, but after I assured him it was not, he said. ...

Do our votes count?

To the editor: I am very surprised that no acticle in your paper has occurred regarding the attempt by state Rep. Greg Markkanen and U.P. Rep. Jack Bergman to disenfranchise the voters from our own state of Michigan and three others. Markkanen and Bergman’s websites both echo the same ...