Candidates who want to run for a partisan office — including many local government seats, from county boards to township boards — have until 4 p.m. April 23 to file to appear on the Aug. 6 primary ballot. We encourage any Northeast Michigander considering serving his or her community in ...

As News staff writer Temi Fadayomi reported recently, April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. This month and every month, we all can play a role in preventing child abuse, whether or not we have kids. Research suggests stress, tiredness, and lack of parenting skills are the biggest causes of ...

Today, sitting in classrooms across the nation, are students with a future. The possibilities are endless: these hopeful young minds will grow to become leaders, first responders, lawmakers, doctors, and defenders of freedom. They will solve societal problems, invent new technologies, and ...

If you read enough news stories about public health issues, they all start to sound the same. The headline warns us about a threat to our health. Public health officials attest that the threat is very real and advise us to be very careful, because it could happen to you or someone you love. ...

Call it common sense but legislation making its way through the state Legislature seems like a smart move to us. The measure, from state Rep. John Fitzgerald, D-Wyoming, would require schools to have a cardiac emergency response plan in place for all athletic events. It has passed the House ...

The anniversary in March came and went without a peep. It was in March 1936 that George Gallup did his first public opinion survey, and little did he know at the time the Frankenstein he was foisting on our political process, but that will be left for another day and time. One thing we do ...