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Keeping their posts

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KEWEENAW COUNTY – The Keweenaw County Board of Commissioners has retained the same officers as last year. The Board conducted its annual organizational meeting before its regular January meeting Don Piche was elected as Chairman in 2025 for two years, 2025-2026. Chairman Piche opened the ...

On ice training

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HOUGHTON – What many traveling over the Portage Lift Bridge Tuesday morning thought was a dramatic on-ice rescue, turned out to be important, however a bit less dramatic ... an on-ice training session What appeared to be two injured people needing rescue near the Portage Lake Lift Bridge ...

High ROI

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HOUGHTON – Last Monday, Michigan Tech News reported Michigan Technological University generated over $972 million in total economic impact during fiscal year 2024, calling it “a significant contribution to a robust public university ecosystem in Michigan that delivers exceptionally high ...

Arrests made for sex crimes

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STEPHENSON — Two Upper Peninsula men were arrested in connection with separate investigations in Marquette and Menominee counties. At 10 a.m. Thursday, coordinated service team detectives and deputies in the Menominee County community of Stephenson took a man into custody for alleged sex ...

To your good health

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DEAR DR. ROACH: For many years, I have had a visible abdominal hernia that is above and to the right of my belly button. My primary doctor declared it an "incisional hernia," probably due to gallbladder surgery from many years ago. He declared that surgical repair was entirely optional. Annual ...

Dear Annie

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Dear Annie: I have a problem that feels small when I say it out loud, but it is starting to take up way too much space in my head. I have a close friend, "Megan," who has quietly turned into the scorekeeper of our friendship. She keeps tabs on everything. If I take two hours to text back, she ...