Michigan taxpayers with past-due tax debts should be aware of an aggressive scam making the rounds through the U.S. Postal Service, according to the Michigan Department of Treasury. In the scheme, taxpayers receive a letter about an overdue state tax bill that requests individuals contact a ...

The new year is only days away. One resolution homeowners should make is to test for radon, health experts advise. January is National Radon Action Month. Radon is a tasteless, odorless and colorless radioactive gas that is created through natural processes in soil and rock. The level of ...

Worrisome news came out of Wisconsin earlier this month that the state’s first human case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza — also known as bird flu — had been confirmed in a farm worker in Barron County. According to a news release, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services ...

The end of 2024 is drawing near, and it’s a safe bet many area residents are planning to celebrate New Year’s Eve. According to a recent top 10 drunkest holidays list, NYE takes the cork. And while most will make it to their beds just fine early Thursday (or if you’re one of the tame ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This is the reprint of the 1897 New York Sun editorial responding to a letter from 8-year-old Virginia O’Hanlon of New York City. O’Hanlon said friends had claimed there was no Santa Claus and so she asked, “Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?” This is the ...

Each Christmas season, children (and more than a few adults) across the Upper Peninsula, and indeed, country, include in their requests to Santa a dog, cat, rabbit or other living creature. They want a lovable, cuddly pet. They promise they will feed it, walk it, clean up after it, take it to ...