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Yes It Is, It’s True: Dorr Twp. political circus is back

The political tempest that was so rampant in Dorr Township a few year ago appears to have been reignited this week by one its protaganists. Trustee John Tuinstra has been…

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Editor October 20, 2016

Ranger Rick: Trump’s accusers Democratic smoke and mirrors

As soon as Anderson Cooper asked Donald Trump a second time, “For the record, are you saying that what you said on the bus 11 years ago, that you did…

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Editor October 18, 2016

Army Bob: Woe be unto those who challenge the hateful left

Army Bob: Woe be unto those who challenge the hateful left

The Police are all violent racists The military are a bunch of imperialist baby killers All who work on Wall Street are evil Religion is an opiate for the masses…

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Editor October 17, 2016

Monday Moanin’: Education and training important for any job path

By Jim Tisdel, director of Corporate and Community Education, North Central Michigan College There are more than 4,450 jobs available here in northwest Michigan that are going unfilled, according to Labor…

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Editor October 16, 2016

Barry Hastings: Collapsing GOP moving quickly to dump Trump

by Barry Hastings By Wednesday morning (less than a week ago) pollsters were reporting fully 25% of Republican office-holders around the nation have dumped Donald Trump into their personal, "Not…

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Editor October 16, 2016

Yes It Is, It’s True: I really don’t think ‘they’ want us to vote

I drop in every Wednesday afternoon at the venerable Then & Now historical library in Dorr, and in my more than four years of research, the most astonishing changes in…

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Editor October 15, 2016

Army Bob: WikiLeaks reveals cozy relations between DNC, press

Army Bob: WikiLeaks reveals cozy relations between DNC, press

by Robert M. Traxler I have spent the last nine hours reading the WikiLeaks e-mails hacked illegally from the Democratic National Committee (DNC). Most are boring and hardly worth the…

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Editor October 13, 2016

Basura: Trump’s comments offensive to all human beings

"You don't have to be a husband or a father to hear what we heard just a few days ago and say, 'that's not right.' You just have to be…

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Editor October 12, 2016

Barry Hastings: I wasn’t surprised at all by Trump’s ‘slip-up’

by Barry Hastings Friday was quite a day, what with the release of a 10- to 12-year-old recording of Trump, talking "women" with Billy Bush, in which he is clearly…

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Editor October 11, 2016

Ranger Rick: The VP debate was ‘alpha dog’ vs. ‘little dog’

Viewing the vice presidential debate, Senator Tim Kaine’s performance could be illustrated as “little dog” syndrome – that barking, squealing, little dust mop of a dog nipping at your heels.…

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Editor October 11, 2016