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Getting closer

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CALUMET – At Tuesday’s Calumet Village Council meeting, Joey Foster, the Community Economic Development Association of Michigan (CEDAM) Fellow who has been working with the village since January 2025, gave his final report. One of the main goals Foster had during his fellowship was to help ...

Tub pushin’

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HOUGHTON — The brothers of Tau Kappa Epsilon dedicated the entirety of their Wednesday to wheel a bathtub from the William J. Bernard Jr. Family Clock Tower on the west end of the Michigan Technological University campus, to Walker Arts and Humanities Center on the east end, then all the way ...

Snowmobiler rescued

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NEWBERRY — During the early evening hours of Monday, Chippewa County Central Dispatch received calls and text messages from an individual who had become stranded near Trail 8 in an open area by the Little Two Hearted River, west of Little Lake Harbor in Luce County. The Luce County ...

To your good health

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I had breast cancer in my left breast 14 years ago. I was treated with chemotherapy and radiation after a lumpectomy and the removal of 14 lymph nodes. I still have difficulty raising my left arm, along with burning, tingling and itching in my armpit area. I have a small scar on ...

Dear Annie

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Dear Annie: My younger sister is getting married this fall. I'm happy for her. The problem is her fiance. At family dinners he makes little digs at her — jokes about her cooking, her spending, even her weight. When she laughs uncomfortably, he says, "Relax, you're too sensitive." Last Sunday, ...

Business as usual

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HOUGHTON — Despite a projected winter storm warning and turbulent wind conditions it was business as usual last weekend for most businesses and essential services in Houghton and Hancock as many businesses and services remained open despite forecasts that caused the closure of area schools ...