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Opinion

Seek answers to CO2 pipeline questions

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: I have some questions for the authors of the 3-6-2025 articles on promoting the $8.9 billion, 2,500 mile long CO2 pipeline: 1. Who ultimately pays for this project? Farmers? Ethanol plants? Summit Carbon Solutions? Or the American taxpayer? 2. “ But for ethanol ...

The same old, same old

Local Columns

Would you agree that life seems a bit repetitious? While growing up, your life was probably somewhat like mine. I was awakened, got up, ate breakfast, played in the yard, ate another meal, maybe a little nap, then played some more, ate another meal and fell asleep. As the years piled on, ...

Ask a Trooper

Local Columns

Question: The other day I was going down the freeway and I saw a vehicle that must’ve missed their exit as they were backing up near an exit ramp. This didn’t appear safe and I’m going to guess illegal. What do you say sir? Answer: Backing up is not allowed on freeways or expressways, ...

A good mess

Local Columns

It has been my experience that nothing is truly perfect, and that perfection is, at best, an ephemeral illusion. And even if something seems perfect, it never stays that way. For example, a person might procure an ice cream sundae from his or her neighborhood ice cream dealer. The ...

Lessons from little waters

Local Columns

Just down the road from the family cabin lies Sucker Creek where this weekend in the whipsaw of spring (or winter) weather congregated a mix of mallard ducks, Canada geese and trumpeter swans at the point where the stream met the ice of Big Detroit Lake with a delta of open water. If there’s ...