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DEAR DR. ROACH: I had my first mammogram and was found to have a lesion. The mammographer said that I should follow up in six months with another mammogram and sonogram, but I have a grandmother who died of breast cancer. So, instead of waiting, I underwent a biopsy that showed a ...

Dear Annie

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Dear Annie: I love my sister dearly, but she's one of those people who always has to top everyone's story. If I mention I had a bad cold, she'll say hers turned into pneumonia. If I get a compliment at work, she'll mention a big promotion she got years ago. Family gatherings have become ...

Soul legend Steve Cropper dies

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MEMPHIS (AP) — Steve Cropper, the lean, soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and the M.G.’s at Stax Records and co-wrote the classics “Green Onions,” "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" and "In the Midnight Hour," has died. He ...

On the air

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HANCOCK — The Keweenaw Community Foundation is announced the creation of the Radio Keweenaw Fund, a new endowment dedicated to supporting the long-term sustainability and community-centered programming of Radio Keweenaw, a developing low-power FM radio station rooted in Calumet. Radio ...

Snowmobile accident in Hancock

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HANCOCK – A Calumet Township teen was arrested Tuesday after crashing his snowmobile into a tree on the Hancock-Calumet Trail, about a mile west of Grove Street, in Hancock. Hancock City Police officers responded to a report of a personal injury snowmobile crash. The driver, an 18-year-old ...

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ONTONAGON – Last week, a press release from the Michigan Dept of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) announced the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (Bird flu) was detected in a backyard flock in Ontonagon County. Ontonagon County Emergency Management and 911 Director Mike ...