There's a 36-year-old song that talks about the value of hard work. "I gotta get out of bed and get a hammer and a nail," the chorus goes, "Learn how to use my hands, not just my head. I think myself into jail. Now, I know a refuge never grows from a chin in a hand in a thoughtful pose. Gotta ...

Dear Jim: I need to replace my old dishwasher that has few cycles and doesn't clean well. What are the best features to look for in a new efficient dishwasher? - Sara J. Dear Sara: Even the lowest-cost modern dishwashers today are much more efficient, effective and quiet than your old one. By ...

My name is Addison Wesaw, and I am a senior at Alpena High School. I hope to become a special education teacher once I graduate. Some issues leave me and many others with questions about the special education funding in Michigan. I have firsthand experience with gaps and inequities in the ...

Kevin Rinke is slightly out of sync with many of his fellow Michigan Republicans many of whom, he contends, are more focused on "being right rather than happy" when it comes to their attitude about advancing their political agenda. Based on a recent interview with the affable former car dealer ...

In 2017, we decided as a family to take a trip up to Alaska for about six weeks in total - not by plane or by cruise, but to drive there and camp anywhere the roads would take us, which for Alaska is only about a ⅓ of the state. To get from Alpena to Anchorage takes about 60 hours of ...

"Do you think you're going to Hell?" This is apparently considered a highly newsworthy question by the Bari Weiss-led "CBS Evening News." The theological questioner was radical Rep. LaMonica McIver (D-N.J.), who wants to abolish Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. The target was acting ICE ...