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Let me tell you about my granddaughter
Do you have a few moments? Do you mind if I tell you about my granddaughter? I have ...
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Kellyanne Conway for Woman of the Year
Every now and then, I get the sensation of a soothing warm bath washing over me when I ...
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The Friday after
“The idiots are running the asylum!” Big John Hudson stormed through the front door of Sarah’s diner, slammed ...
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Helping economic development in border communities
In the last six years, Michigan has created more than 480,000 private-sector jobs. Although it is a positive ...
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Thanksgiving a time to celebrate family, friends
Thanksgiving is a time to gather together with family and friends and give thanks for our many blessings. ...
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Be thankful for God’s providence
It is good that the Thanksgiving holiday comes after the national elections. We will have time to digest ...
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November Starfish Story: Rob True
All day long, I talk to my students about being a Chieftain Hero, and I see and hear ...
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Re-envisioning regional transportation
Public transportation has traditionally been viewed as solely an urban resource or for those who have no other ...
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Post 2016 election thoughts
First, this is not a pro-Trump column. I dread the thought of four years of his presidency because ...
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Musical goose
Ingmar Norske is a scholar of Scandinavian descent with questionable degrees of competency including an AAS from Southwestern, ...
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Protecting veterans’ graves
LANSING — Sen. John Proos has introduced legislation seeking to stop the theft of veterans’ grave markers in ...
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How does the museum accumulate artifacts?
The Edwardsburg Museum seems be the repository of items that are not wanted but cannot be disposed of.
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Voters support sinking fund renewal
First and foremost, I would like to say thank you to the community for taking the time to ...
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Something more important than the election
In October, when I was distracted by the intense politics of this crazy political season, the governor of ...
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Honoring the sacrifice of Michigan’s veterans
One of my greatest honors as your senator is taking part in Veterans Day tributes throughout Southwest Michigan ...
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Working together to showcase the many faces of Michiana
Each year our staff spends one day out of the office bonding in a silly way to kick ...
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Let me tell you about my weekend
I just had one of the greatest weekends of my life. It wasn’t a weekend filled with exotic ...
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Arnold’s take on the election
With the 2016 election season careening headlong into its long-overdue climax, this reporter sat down with the perennial ...
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Back to basics this election
Earlier this week, a group of Eastside Montessori students anxiously took turns casting ballots endorsing their preferred candidate ...
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Importance of attending parent-teacher conferences
Our schools are at the end of the first academic quarter. That means it’s time for parents to ...
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Exercise your constitutional right — Vote!
While the freedom to choose or reject our leaders makes us the beacon of liberty in the world, ...
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October Starfish Story
Being a substitute teacher is a hard job — as is being a classroom aide, a parapro, or ...
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Much still unknown about Edwardsburg’s origins
Much has been written about the origins of Edwardsburg and still many questions remain unanswered.
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Support up-and-coming spirit producers
Small-volume distillers in Michigan must deal with Prohibition-era rules and regulations and a tax system that treats them ...
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Political excuses
The food line at the St. Mia Farrow Shelter for starving artists and underpaid academics is staffed by ...
