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Free waterway cruise

HOUGHTON – Isle Royale National Park and Kaleidoscope invite families with children ages 15 or younger to enjoy a free cruise on the Keweenaw waterway Aug. 20, during Ranger III Family Day. Two cruises, each lasting 45 to 60 minutes, will travel to Portage Lake and return. According ...

To your good health

DEAR DR. ROACH: My mom has Capgras syndrome and firmly believes that her husband (my dad) is dead. She thinks that there's someone whom I snuck in and built a lie around, and she tells everyone that this man is the same man. It's really difficult for us, especially my dad. I understand that ...

Dear Annie

Dear Annie: I'm 58, never married, no kids, no siblings, no nieces or nephews. A neighbor of mine is very ill and in a nursing home. She has a daughter, but the daughter barely even bothers to visit her, and it breaks my heart. I call my neighbor often to try to lift her spirits. At the same ...

Alger meth bust

MUNISING -- John William Jacobson was arraigned in the 93rd District Court Monday for Possession with Intent to Deliver Methamphetamine after the Alger County Sheriff's Office seized close to a pound of methamphetamine. According to Undersheriff Matt Walden, at approximately 4:45 p.m. Sunday, ...

Angel Mission receives grant

CALUMET – Copper Country Angel Mission has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the Keweenaw Health Foundation to to support the organization’s second-floor renovation project, an investment that will strengthen CCAM’s ability to serve individuals and families throughout Houghton, Keweenaw, ...

Harvey receives suspended sentence/probation

HOUGHTON — A 51-year old Houghton County man was sentenced to 18 months probation on meth charges Monday. David Harvey Jr. pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine and maintaining a drug house. Two other charges, delivery and manufacture of methamphetamine, as well as using a ...