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A fitting farewell

COPPER HARBOR – After 45 years years, Battery D, First Michigan Light Artillery reenactment and living history group will visit the Fort Wilkins for last time this weekend, according to DNR Michigan History Center Historian Barry James said. The battery will encamp this weekend, today, ...

To your good health

DEAR DR. ROACH: I'll be 70 in August, and in 2012, I had prostate cancer. My prostate was removed. My PSA level was low but rose fast, so I guess it was an aggressive form of cancer. After the removal, they still found evidence of cancer, and I underwent 35 radiation treatments that were also ...

Dear Annie

Dear Annie: My mom and I have always had a weird relationship. Throughout my childhood, I always considered us close, even when she moved hours away to the other side of the state when I was in middle school. We would talk regularly, and I would go see her for summer and winter breaks. When I ...

To your good health

DEAR DR. ROACH: I know this maybe an ignorant question, but what exactly constitutes protein? I know that it naturally comes from livestock and their byproducts. But one can find diverse categories such as cereals, pasta, sweet/salty snacks, and even soda pop — with "protein" displayed on ...

In Brief

Overdoses in Menominee County MENOMINEE — Sheriff Darrin Kuda of the Menominee County Sheriff’s Office reports that cocaine use has resulted in at least four overdoses and one death in Marinette and Menominee Counties since Tuesday night. While individuals have been detained in reference to this investigation, Sheriff Kuda cautions that more of the tainted drug may have been distributed in the Menominee County Ares A joint investigation comprised of multiple Michigan- and Wisconsin-based agencies is ongoing.

Shooting in Menominee

MENOMINEE TOWNSHIP — A man in Menominee Township has been arrested after allegedly shooting at another person during an argument about cutting grass, the Menominee County Sheriff's Office reports. Anthony Raymond Mech, 57, was arraigned Monday in the Menominee County 95A District Court. ...