Newsletter Opinion

Column: Relax, people! They’re just cookies!

Just as my annual diet has begun showing promise, my greatest obstacle to success is upon me: Girl ...

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PUCKETT: Does anybody see? Does anybody care?

It is not a matter of being visible. Even though we may feel invisible at times, we can ...

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WILSON: The Romance of Tommy Jones — It’s complicated

Romance at any level can be complicated, but at the levels required for Octogenarian romantic participation, it can ...

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PAQUETTE: Important committee assignments

As you know, committees play an important role in the legislative process. They are the first to consider ...

Newsletter Sports

Column: Out with the old, in with the new

“The secret of change is to focus all of your energy not on fighting the old, but on ...

Newsletter Sports

‘He was the reason I became a writer’: Long-time sports editor Moss dies

Jack Moss, who worked at the Kalamazoo Gazette for more than 50 years, most of them as its ...

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LASATA: Senate Bill 1: Reforming auto no-fault

Throughout my campaign and in the first several weeks serving as southwest Michigan’s state senator, I have talked ...

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WILSON: Ingmar and the academic

It goes without saying (which is the best reason for saying it), Hannibal King was an educated man. ...

Opinion

PAQUETTE: Honored to serve as new state representative

For those who don’t know me, I am your new state representative, Brad Paquette.

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LASATA: News from Lansing

Last week, I was sworn in as senator for the 21st Senate District during a ceremony in the ...

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KAUFMANN: Realistic expectations yield better results

Welcome to the New Year. ‘Tis the season for fitness professionals to motivate their resolution-driven clients.

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WILSON: As the world falls over

Big John Hudson burst through the front door of Sarah’s Diner, thumped his ball cap down on the ...

Opinion

DROSCHA: The story of self-investment

CASSOPOLIS — On Thursday, Dec. 27, the Cassopolis Village Council voted unanimously to approve several economic development projects ...

Opinion

LASATA: Honored to serve as your state senator

I hope you and your family enjoyed a restful holiday break and have had a happy start to the ...

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MATHEWS: ‘Does the parenting time guideline apply?’

The holiday season can bring many stresses for parents from figuring out daycare during Christmas break to scheduling ...

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WILSON: New Year resolutions for 2019

All of the members of the Circular Congregation Breakfast Club were gathered around the big, round, oak table, ...

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Learning through loss: Brandywine, Dowagiac remember community pillars

If there is one thing I have learned about loss, it is that when faced with losing someone ...

Opinion

Applegate: The spirit of giving throughout Niles

As the holiday season continues, I am once again overwhelmed by the amount of giving and service that ...

Newsletter Opinion

Joy, wonder, laughter children’s Christmas gifts to adults

Tom Purcell is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review humor columnist and is nationally syndicated exclusively by Cagle Cartoons newspaper syndicate. I love ...

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Column: The irony of it all

The St. Mia Farrow Shelter for Starving Artists and Underemployed Academics was established in 1968, to serve a ...

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PURCELL: All along, Google’s been Googling me

I thought Facebook knew too much about me, but it turns out Google is even worse.

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Apollo 8, Christmas Eve 1968 and a message for today

The year 1968 was a year desperately in need of a Merry Christmas. The year had seen student ...

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PROOS: Wishing everyone a very Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas and happy New Year to everyone in southwest Michigan. I hope you are all able to ...

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PUCKETT: Why not believe in Santa Claus?

Within all of us, there is a deep yearning for something beyond what we see — a power ...

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WILSON: Political upheaval (revisited)

Big John Hudson burst through the front door of the diner, tossed his ball cap down on the ...

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