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KSO Community Recital Nov. 19

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HOUGHTON — The Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra hosts the 11th KSO Community Recital on at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, in Portage Lake United Church in Houghton. Participation in the recital is open to all Keweenaw musicians — Tech students, K-12 students, community musicians alike — and welcomes all genre types — vocal or instrumental, amateur or professional, solo or chamber group, any genre (classical, jazz, rock, pop, etc.) Do you have a woodwind quintet, barbershop quartet, jazz trio, pop duo, or guitar solo that you would like to perform? Please apply! If you would like to be ...

Happy Birthday America!

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HOUGHTON – This Friday, Oct. 16, the Keweenaw Symphony Orchestra, led by Michigan Tech' Department of Visual and Performing Arts Chairman Joel Neves, celebrates our nation's semiquincentennial with "America at 250." The program features music by all-American composers such as John ...

To your good health

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DEAR DR ROACH: I have uncomfortable bladder stones, and I'm on a low-oxalate diet to help prevent more stones. I also have osteoporosis, and my blood work shows high calcium. My doctor suggests Prolia, which I question since I am a 95-year-old female and exercise daily. I have switched my ...

Dear Annie

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Dear Annie: My best friend of over 20 years has a son that is her world. Her entire life revolves around him. What I've noticed is that he has become such a master of manipulation that either she ignores it or she truly doesn't see it. For example, he recently transferred colleges to accept ...

Containment expanded on U.P. wildfires

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CRAIG LAKE – Cooler weather conditions allowed firefighters to establish initial containment perimeters on two active wildfires in Baraga and Marquette counties, though updated mapping shows the blazes have burned a combined 850 acres. According to a Tuesday morning update from the ...

Making history

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MOHAWK — Voters in Keweenaw County will elect non-partisan members of the newly formed Keweenaw Heartlands Recreational and Natural Resources Authority Board during the Nov. 3 general election. The election will establish a five-member board to administer the first public community forest ...