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Q: I was informed last week by my doctor that I have prediabetes. I have a parent and two siblings who have diabetes, but I’ve not heard the term “prediabetes” before.

When you ask a child what they want to be when they grow up, you will often hear things like astronaut, doctor or professional athlete. Yet, in reality, these career fields are some of the most uncommon. You see, when we are little, we have no fear, nothing that keeps our dreams small. We see what we want to do in life, and we have zero reason to think we could not do it.

“Left-behind places” is a term popularized in the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election to explain Donald Trump’s electoral success in places that had previously supported Barack Obama. There is no widely accepted definition or means of measurement, but the term remains widely used to denote any place (i.e.

The Munising Beacon asked community members to share about their hopes and goals for 2025. Here are some of the responses.

Q: I’m a 68-year-old rather healthy woman, aside from longstanding asthma for which I take several medications. My doctor’s office called me to schedule a visit to receive vaccines against respiratory syncytial virus (RSV), influenza and COVID-19 (a booster, since I’ve already had five COVID shots in the last three years). The nurse explained that, because I had a case of “walking pneumonia” last winter, the doctor feels it is important to get these vaccines.

A young preacher recently came upon a farmer working in his field. Being concerned about the farmer’s soul, the preacher asked the man, “Are you laboring in the vineyard of the Lord, my good man?”