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DEAR DR. ROACH: My daughter, who's 44 years old, was recently diagnosed with rectal cancer. It's stage III and contained. She has no cancer in her liver, lymph nodes, rectum or colon. Her doctor is going to start her on a more aggressive chemo than he first thought of, then radiation. Since ...

Dear Annie

Dear Annie: My wife (40) and I (53) have been married for almost a year and a half. A few weeks ago, she moved out and took our daughters, ages 3 and 4, with her. When she left, she said they'd be back that evening. They haven't returned. I haven't seen or spoken to my girls in almost a ...

UP’s jobless rate dips below 6%

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Upper Peninsula’s not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 5.9% in May, down from 6.3% in April and 6.2% a year ago, according to data released by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. The U.P. was one of only three regions to exhibit a jobless rate reduction over the month, while 16 of Michigan’s 18 labor market areas had rate reductions over the year, said Wayne Rourke, labor market information director for the Michigan Center for Data and Analytics. “Michigan regional labor markets were largely influenced by seasonal labor ...

Easing holiday travel

RIPLEY — The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) announced Monday a majority of lane restrictions on road improvement projects will be lifted by 2 p.m. Thursday for the upcoming Fourth of July weekend. MDOT Superior Region Manager Dan Weingarten said 12 out of 20 U.P. road ...

Workin' on the railroad

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP – The project to restore the Quincy & Torch Lake Railroad engine yard, along with two steam locomotives and several mining cars, continued this past week, with further work being done to the tender of the No. 1 Locomotive. It is a project that began two years ago, said ...

A rainy month

MARQUETTE — If you thought the month of June felt a bit wetter than normal, you'd be right. And if you thought it was colder as well, you'd be wrong. Joseph Phillips, meteorologist with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration office in Marquette said that June, as a whole, in the ...