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Lane closures on bridge

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HOUGHTON – Motorists will experience intermittent lane closures on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge from now until Thursday, according to Dan Weingarten, communications representative with the Michigan Department of Transportation. Weingarten said MDOT crews began routine bridge washing ...

Kinterra announces $75M investment

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WHITE PINE – A press release from Invest UP indicated Kinterra Capital Corporation has secured $75 million in co-investment financing to support continued work on the proposed White Pine North Project in Ontonagon County. According to the Thursday release, the funding will help advance ...

Dear Annie

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Dear Annie: My soon-to-be fiancee has had an incredibly hard year. She had ankle surgery and a difficult recovery. She worked hard to get her mental health back on track. She gave up drinking for me. She also went through serious family drama after being kicked out of her aunt's house, and she ...

Sand Point Light

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Editor's note: The Daily Mining Gazette, in cooperation with other Upper Peninsula newspapers is running companion pieces to our America 250 stories with a focus on the U.P.’s role in building America. Today's installment comes from the Escanaba Daily Press. ESCANABA — More than 150 years ...

Chaos in the run-up to Civil War

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Editor’s note: Information on the Civil War is well-known, but what about some of the factors that led to its start? This week, we examine some of those issues and how, after years of growing tensions, the nation went to war with itself. The seeds of the Antebellum period in the United ...

To your good health

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I am an 85-year-old woman who is physically, mentally and socially active and in quite good health, except for osteoporosis issues. The only medications I take are Maxzide for blood pressure, rosuvastatin for cholesterol, and Prolia injections for osteoporosis. My most recent ...