Alpena County commissioners are debating now what the county should pay a new county administrator. The county Board of Commissioners’ Personnel Committee recommended a salary between $75,000 and $105,000 for the person who will oversee day-to-day operations of county government. The ...

“Nations, as well as men, almost always betray the most prominent features of their future destiny in their earliest years.” — Alexis de Tocqueville, “Democracy in America” I just started reading “And There Was Light: Abraham Lincoln and the American Struggle,” by the ...

Generation Z is entering the workforce, growing up, and making an impact. Gen Z is the youngest generation with adult members. The exact ages considered Gen Z are often debated, but a general understanding is that Gen Z is made up of individuals born between 1996 and 2012. That includes me. ...

A school best serves its students when it gives those students a way to engage with and take pride in the school, because engaged students care more about school and tend to learn better and perform better academically. But how to engage students? You have to offer students a chance to ...

Remember when, as a child, your friends wrapped you in aluminum foil before heading outside so you could communicate with space aliens? No, I don’t remember doing that, either, although I’m pretty sure I saw it once on the “Little Rascals” television series. I’m reminded of that, ...

Many of my most impactful experiences took place in Bangladesh. From the colorfully clothed Bengalis to the jumble of competing noises to the multilayered smells to the brightly painted buses and rickshaws jockeying for road space, my mind is filled with special memories. We drew the ...