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‘Ghost Ship’ found

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MADISON — After decades of scouring the bottom of Lake Michigan, searchers have finally found the wreckage of a “ghost ship” that sank during a ferocious storm almost 140 years ago off the Wisconsin coastline. The Wisconsin Historical Society and the Wisconsin Underwater Archeology ...

H-PT boards updated on millage renewal

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HOUGHTON — The Houghton Portage Township School District's non homestead operating millage renewal, which will be on the November ballot, was reviewed at the district's board of education meeting Monday. Superintendent Anders Hill gave the updates to the election and other school items. “It ...

Watercraft fatality in Gladstone

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GLADSTONE — One person is dead after two persons fell off of a personal watercraft near the Gladstone Harbor Friday afternoon. Accord to a press release issued Monday, law enforcement responded to the waters of Little Bay De Noc near the Gladstone Harbor at 3:45 p.m. on Friday. Officers were ...

The best seat in the house

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HOUGHTON — This Saturday is Michigan Tech's Parade of Nations. It is an event I know quite well and have been a part of, in one way or another for most of the events 30+ year history. While I encourage you to attend the parade and multicultural festival that follows, I will be at neither as a ...

Too your good health

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I'm a 65-year-old and otherwise healthy male. After spending the past five years believing that my trembling hands were the result of essential tremor, a second DaT (dopamine transporter) scan (the first one was misread, I guess) and a neurologist at a teaching institution ...

Dear Annie

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Dear Annie: My three brothers and I are all senior citizens, and throughout our lives we have endured a very difficult relationship with our mother. From the time we were children, she was physically and emotionally abusive. She controlled us, manipulated us, lied to us and often gaslighted ...