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Honoring those who’ve served

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IRON MT. — Three members of the Dickinson-Iron Counties Nurses Honor Guard joined fellow honor guards from across Michigan and Delaware at Arlington National Cemetery recently to pay tribute to military nurses and fallen service members. Local retired nurse members Lauri Oberdorfer, Linda ...

Dear Annie

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Dear Annie: My 15-year-old daughter and I used to be extremely close. She was the kind of child who would climb into the car after school and tell me everything before I even pulled out of the parking lot: who sat with whom at lunch, what her teacher said, which friend was mad at which friend ...

West Virginia: Born amid chaos of Civil War

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Editor’s note: In the spring of 1861, the United States stood at its breaking point. For years, tensions between North and South had deepened. Nowhere was that more felt than in Virginia. While leaders in Richmond voted to join the Confederacy, many residents in the mountainous western ...

Emerging deal to end the Iran war

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CAIRO (AP) — A deal appears to be emerging between the United States and Iran to end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz, and U.S. President Donald Trump over the weekend said it had been “largely negotiated.” It is not clear when or how the deal might be finalized and when its various ...

America First

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WASHINGtON DC — U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Watersmeet), issued a statement Wednesday calling for politicians who are against the America First agenda to step aside. “As anti-Trump forces within the Republican Party continue to desperately grasp for perceived power, Republican voters are ...

Prepared to serve

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LANSING — Several Michigan communities will soon benefit from the addition of 61 state troopers and one motor carrier officer who graduated Friday afternoon from Recruit School. During the ceremony in Lansing, Col. James F. Grady II, director of the Michigan State Police (MSP) administered ...