Editors note: The Daily Mining Gazette, in cooperation with other Upper Peninsula newspapers is running companion pieces to our America 250 stories with a focus on the U.P.'s role in building America. This week's comes from the Daily News in Iron Mt. IRON MOUNTAIN — When the 13 colonies in ...

Dear Annie: I am a woman in my early 40s, living several states away from the town where I grew up. My relationship with my parents has always been complicated, especially with my mother, and for the last 25 years I have also been estranged from my older sister. She still lives near my ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 71-year-old male with Type 2 diabetes. My last A1C test showed a value of 7.8%. I have been taking Mounjaro weekly, which lowered my weight by about 20 pounds and my A1C level by about 0.5%. I also take diltiazem for hypertension, a statin, and one metformin pill per day. ...

Dear Annie: I have read your responses to letters about barking dogs and neighborhood noise, and I appreciate the calm, compassionate way you approach these conflicts. You encourage people to start with empathy, assume good intentions and try to work things out neighbor to neighbor. That ...

Dear Annie: My husband is a wonderful man in many ways, but lately I feel more like the household manager than his wife. We both work full time, yet somehow I am still the one remembering birthdays, scheduling appointments, keeping track of the groceries, planning family events and noticing ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I'm pretty certain that I have Raynaud's disease. I develop white, burning and tingling hands if I don't keep warm, even with heavy gloves on. I notice it on the golf course during the wintertime if I'm not bundled up. My doctor up here in Canada agreed with my self-diagnosis ...