DEAR DR ROACH: In a recent column, you wrote that hormone replacement therapy should be considered in elderly women to prevent urinary tract infections (UTIs) by stopping bacteria from getting into the bladder in the first place. How does this work? Which is better: pills or vaginal creams? ...

Dear Annie: I was diagnosed with breast cancer a few months ago. I've been through surgery and radiation treatments. According to the oncologists, I should now consider myself a "survivor." Since I have scars, I'm taking medication for the next 10 years that has potentially really bad side ...

Several well-known copper country personalities passed away in 2025, here are some of the people we lost as they appeared in the Daily Mining Gazette • Dr Bruce Trusock, passed away January 14 at the age of 73. Trusock was an area staple a Michigan Technological University Athletics Hall of ...

Top Sports stories of 2025 1) Ewen-Trout Creek girls advance to state final The Ewen-Trout Creek Panthers girls basketball team defeated Concord in the state semifinals to earn a chance to play for a state title for the first time since 1985. The Panthers, who finished 27-2 on the season, ...

It was a year local political controversy, reactions to national policies, local protests and rain ... a lot of rain. Here's a look back at stories that made news in 2025, in no particular order. Here comes the rain again Heavy rains in June and again in July caused considerable damage to ...

Dear Annie: I've been happily married for 18 years, and for most of that time I've slept poorly — but lately it's become unbearable. My husband falls asleep within minutes and snores loudly and steadily through the night. I lie awake listening, nudging him, turning him onto his side, putting ...