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Improving access to healthcare

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HOUGHTON — Aspirus Health hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for its expanded Houghton clinic on Thursday. Community leaders, healthcare professionals and local politicians took part in the celebration. Several speakers congratulated Aspirus Houghton on their new expansion, which includes a ...

Gladstone man arrested for child sexually abusive activity

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GLADSTONE — A Gladstone man has been arrested for aggravated possession of child sexually abusive material and using a computer to commit a crime. The Michigan State Police (MSP) Computer Crimes Unit and the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force announced the arrest of Andrew ...

Underage drinking

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HOUGHTON – Alcohol consumption by children under the age of 20 is a conversation few parents and adults feel comfortable having with their kids. Yet, according to a report published by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), conversations like these should start with children as young a ...

Looking back: Graham Jaehnig

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I am Generation Jones I don’t remember the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. I don’t remember Ford rolling out the first Mustang. I also don’t remember the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, or the battle of Ia Drang. Yet, as a Boomer, these are all things happened during my ...

Dream Fair

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HOUGHTON — On Thursday, May 14, middle school girls from across the Western Upper Peninsula will gather at Michigan Technological University for the Junior Achievement Girls’ Dream Fair, a high-energy, hands-on STEM experience designed to build curiosity, confidence, and connection to real ...

On Tour

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PORT DOVER, ONT — Fred Eaglesmith’s spring tour will have some Outlaw attitude along with some Western latitude. Early this year in Texas they played at Willie Nelson’s Luck Festival, and Rolling Stone reported: “The Canada-born roots-rocker played to a full house under a tent on the ...