Keep Goodland the ‘good land’
Dear Editor, In response to the ‘Don't cave in to emotional rhetoric of vocal factions’ letter, I wish to respond it has nothing to do with emotions. It has everything to do with the love of land in our county and state and has nothing to do with what Democrats or...
Free haircuts and a bite to eat
Dear Editor, Imlay City Eagles are proud to announce that they were able to give 19 veterans free haircuts and a bite to eat. There was also a raffle of different items that each veteran was able to enter. They could win certificates towards a meal, gas cards,...
Don’t cave to emotional rhetoric of vocal factions
Dear Editor, The Township Board represents the voters of Goodland, so I'm writing to you to ensure that at your upcoming board meeting on the solar issue that you don't forget to represent us farmers, business owners, and patriots who support clean energy. Property...
Viral illnesses on the rise – staying healthy this holiday season
As temperatures go down and more time is spent indoors for the holidays we are also seeing a co-emergence of illnesses like, Respiratory Syncytial Virus Infection (RSV), Human Parainfluenza Viruses (HPIVs), Influenza (flu), and COVID-19 for the first time since the...
Thank you to a friend in the night
It was never going to happen, not to me. I'm the one who drives ten under the speed limit, looking for the slightest movement. Other drivers speed past me while growling unpleasantries. Yeah. That's me. I take walks just to watch the deer. I crouch low, try to make...
Will repay act soon
There are lots of good people around us. Today a fine young gentleman anonymously paid for our dinner at the Raider Coney Island restaurant in Almont. We surely appreciate his generous nature, and will repay the benevolence with a similar fine act of kindness soon....
It’ll be a social nightmare
Dear Editor, The 2022 election has come and gone; the expected "Red Wave" turned out as a small swell in election history. Voters across the country ignored high gas, food, and high inflation overall to re-elect Democrats in the U. S. Senate, though apparently...
Democrats spoke loud and clear
Dear Editor, To the writers of a few letters recently to the Tri City Times Editor on the supposed silence of Democrats on issues facing this state and this country. On Nov. 8, Democrats spoke loud and clear!! I hope you're listening! — Al Babcock Washington Twp
Get involved in local public meetings
Dear Editor, The phrase "All politics is local" is a often bandied about in this country. Janet Howard of Goodland Township brought the power of those words home in her letter to the editor in the Nov. 2 Tri-City Times. The recent solar farm controversy that would...
ICPD Officer Hadfield went above, beyond
Dear Editor, Thank you Imlay City Police Officer Greg Hadfield for making my son’s (Kort Parlett) Halloween extra special! Kort (3 going on 4 the end of December) has been dead set on being a police officer when he grows up for about the past 6 months now. So it was...