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by Kathy Hamman Miller This recipe is great to prep in the crock pot before heading out to work or play, then finish up with the dumplings when you get…

Some of the greatest changes in journalism over the past century are in the ways deaths are reported. I’m not talking about the spectacular, I’m writing about the most common.…

by Robert M. Traxler The United States Surgeon General says that any alcohol use is detrimental to your health and contributes to at least six types of cancer. This announcement…

by Phyllis McCrossin It’s the third day of the new year as I write this. I’m not certain it has any significance other than three days ago it was the…

For the past 13 years, I have published this disclaimer on top of my editorials: “ACHTUNG: This is not a ‘fair and balanced’ article. It is an editorial by the…

by Robert M. Traxler President Joe Biden is racing to stop programs that in many cases are just plain dumb. Is it out of a concern for safety of the…

(Year-end analysis by David T. Young) The threat of massive economic and population growth has been discussed and feared for more than three decades for Leighton and Dorr townships and…

This recipe comes from A Taste of America cookbook compiled by the Extension Homemakers of Allegan County 1976. It’s true that carrots are the star of the show, but the…

by Phyllis McCrossin This is my last missive for 2024. My, how time flies. For me, the holiday season is over. Some contend the season ends with the New Year,…

I hear tell seat belt use by motorists has decreased for the second year in a row. Fewer and fewer people, it seems, think they’re necessary. At the same time,…