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Opinion

Social Security changes may cause some anxiety

Editorials

The Social Security Administration will be implementing a new policy on April 14 for people enrolling or making changes to their retirement accounts. It will require them to either go online or visit a Social Security office instead of making a phone call and talk to a representative. It ...

Declaring the first Trump supporter

Letters to the Editor

To the editor: At one point, a contestant on one of the many game shows was asked by the host, “At your house from which direction does the sun come up?” The lady replied, “At our house it comes up in the West?” Authorities have since located the woman declaring her the first Trump ...

Ask a Trooper

Local Columns

Question: What is a safe routine when backing up using the mirrors in conjunction with the vehicle’s backup camera? Answer: Backing up is not allowed on freeways or expressways, except for emergency vehicles on duty. Backing up on public roads can result in a charge of reckless or careless ...

The singing of birds

Local Columns

There are times during the year when you know there’s hope. For me, one of those times is the first signs and sounds of spring. After a rather long and cumbersome winter, a sound of hope springs forth in the first songs of birds. As I was walking along a local street recently, I heard the ...

Stalking stockers

Local Columns

In my early days of fishing, when I had started to make the jump from hook and bobber to other techniques, such as jigs and plastics for walleyes, tubes for bass, and even venturing into using the fly rod for panfish and trout, it was the latter species that seemed so mysterious and magnificent ...

Make difference against sexual assault

Community Voices

For the month of April, WoMen’s Rural Advocacy Programs, Inc., (WRAP) would like to discuss sexual assault, awareness, and prevention. Since 2001, the month of April has been coined as the National Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) and has helped to make huge strides to bring awareness ...