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Focusing this week on farm safety and health

It’s harvest time and farmers already are dealing with the effects of record high diesel prices this fall as they try to get their crops in for the season. That’s an added strain during an already high-stress time of year for what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention calls one of the most hazardous industries in the United States. This is National Farm Safety and Health Week, dedicated to understanding potential on-farm hazards and the measures needed to mitigate those risks, the Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development states in a news release. To ...

Veterans should take another look at VA benefits

The Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain has earned another national honor, and while that recognition is certainly worth celebrating, the bigger message for veterans across the Upper Peninsula and northeastern Wisconsin is this: If you have never enrolled in VA health care — or were turned down in the past — it may be worth taking another look. The VA center in Iron Mountain has been named one of the nation’s top VA facilities for the sixth time, receiving the Department of Veterans Affairs’ 2025 Best Experience Award for Level III small, low-complexity ...

Trump attacking freedom of the press, disregarding law

Twice during President Trump’s first term, his administration tried to prevent a journalist whose work it did not like from reporting at the White House. Twice, judges rejected the moves as unconstitutional and restored the journalists’ access. Now the administration is attempting the same move, barring journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House because they had written what the president called “purposefully negative stories.” The new ban is alarming for two reasons: It continues both Mr. Trump’s attempt to prevent the free flow of information in American ...