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Letters to the Editor

A week to honor veteran patients

The week of Feb. 10-16 is designated as National Salute to Veteran Patients Week, and VA facilities across the nation will be honoring the hospitalized men and women we proudly care for and serve. The employees and volunteers at the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain and its ...

Another way to see documentary

In response to “Recommends seeing human trafficking film” that was published Jan. 31: For those interested, the documentary mentioned also may be viewed at https://documentaryheaven.com/chosen/

Why is IM post office closed?

There is no reason why the U.S. Post Office in downtown Iron Mountain is closed on Saturday morning. Considering it’s located in the business district, it should be open. It’s very inconvenient to drive over to Kingsford to mail packages. All the carriers now are located out of the Iron ...

Recommends seeing human trafficking film

After reading on the Jan. 25 editorial page of this paper the Caring House article about human trafficking, I can’t get it off my mind. I hope this information gets to all the schools, churches and social media. Every parent should attend the viewing of the documentary “Chosen” with ...

Fake news, fake politicians

How long will we swallow this ______ (you fill in the blank) that politicians unload on us? “Mission Accomplished” said a Bush president, stepping out of a cockpit that he did not always show up to fly when serving in the active military. “ISIS is defeated!” boasts an overgrown ...

Real problem is teacher pensions

I would like to remind the public and the local school boards of the huge cost of education in Michigan. For your information, it is NOT the actual cost of teaching that is the financial burden but in actuality it is the cost of teachers NOT doing their jobs — pensioners. Today, the pensioner ...