Hello, winter. Snow people, sledding, snowboarding, snowshoeing, skiing, and that feeling of wonder all around us. Walks with loved ones and pets breathing in the “renewal” that only a snowfall can bring. Of course, there’s shoveling, plowing mountains of snow, cleaning the car and ...

Many pro-life organizations will remind Americans this weekend of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision to legalize abortion. This has resulted in known deaths of almost 66 million pre-born babies. Soldiers killed in the Civil War, World War I, and World War II totaled under 1.2 million, ...

The Jan. 9, 2024 edition of The Alpena News contained an editorial by Tim Skubick titled, “Gov. backs assault weapons ban.” Skubick quotes Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as saying a ban on modern sporting rifles (MSRs) “... would be the right thing to do.” Whitmer further is quoted by Skubick ...

We might be ringing in the new year, but the U.S. Congress has some critical business left over from 2023: Fully funding Women, Infants, and Children! With rising food costs and increased program participation — and with data showing that funding WIC bolsters our local economy — it is ...

To the kind lady at Walmart, Dear kind lady, I am grateful for the anonymous gift of money you gave me today at Walmart. I was in the checkout line and you were ahead of me. When you finished checking out, you turned around and handed me a $50 bill. I didn’t want to take it but you ...

I am writing to you today regarding the appalling condition of Ford Avenue in the area of Holcim (Lafarge). I live on the paved section of Misery Bay and have to travel through the area several times a day and my vehicle looks as if I live on a five-mile stretch of dirt road due to the ...