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Aviation trailblazer

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly 1,000 miles from Michigan's Upper Peninsula, a local museum curator stumbled upon a piece of Delta County history: a photograph of a local trailblazer displayed at the Military Women's Memorial in Arlington, Virginia. Ann Jousma Miller, curator of the Upper ...

Sentences in Circuit Court

HOUGHTON — Three sentences were handed down in 12th Circuit Court Monday by Judge Brittany Bulleit. 23-year old Houghton resident Brnden Patterson was sentenced to ten months in jail and two years of probation for third degree home invasion and aggravated assault for an incident in April. ...

Registering Huskies

HOUGHTON — Students, faculty and staff from the Michigan Tech Voter Engagement Coalition were spread out across campus Tuesday in hopes of getting Huskies registered to vote and to inform them on how to be engaged with their communities. National Voter Registration Day this year was ...

To your good health

DEAR DR. ROACH: What's a Zenker's diverticulum? My 74-year-old friend was diagnosed with it, along with "cricopharyngeal achalasia." I've never noticed any swallowing difficulties before. — S.W. ANSWER: A Zenker's diverticulum is an outpouching of the esophagus that extends posteriorly ...

Dear Annie

Dear Annie: My husband is a kind, funny and intelligent man, but at dinner parties he has one habit that is starting to drive me crazy: He talks way too much. He loves telling stories, and once he starts, there is almost no stopping him. A simple story about running into an old friend can ...

Rescue on Isle Royale

ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK — Some additional information has been released about the location and rescue of a downstate hiker, missing on Isle Royale National Park since the first week of September. Craig Berg, 70, of Royal Oak, reported missing Sept. 6, was located Saturday afternoon by ...