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Key figure in 1980s Iran-Contra affair dies

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Eugene Hasenfus, who played a key role in unraveling the Iran-Contra affair after his CIA-backed supply plane was shot down over Nicaragua in 1986, has died. Hasenfus died Nov. 26 in Menominee after a nine-year battle with cancer, according to his obituary from the ...

LL-H awarded $5,000

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LAKE LINDEN — A Copper Country teacher and her school have been recognized with a grant from a national non-profit organization. Heather French, long-time teacher at Lake Linden-Hubbell Schools, was recognized by 'Alice's Kids,' a nonprofit offering "charity with dignity" for students with a ...

To your good health

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...