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Snowmobile fatality

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ELM RIVER TOWNSHIP – Few details have been released as of Monday regarding a weekend snowmobile fatality in Houghton County's Elm River Township. According to the Houghton County Sheriff's Office, deputies were dispatched at 7:40 p.m. Saturday to reports of a snowmobile accident on to the ...

On to the next chapter

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HOUGHTON – The campus of Michigan Technological University was covered in snow, but more than 300 undergraduate students blazed a trail Saturday and for some it was multiple years in the making. The University held its Midyear Commencement Saturday, and the varsity gym The Varsity Gym in ...

To sell … or not to sell

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HOUGHTON – Canal View Houghton County, formerly Houghton County Medical Care Facility, is a 197-bed skilled nursing facility, providing 24-hour extended care. The Hancock facility is one of the five properties owned by the Houghton County that some have suggested the county sell in order to ...

To your good health

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 68-year-old female who was first diagnosed with osteopenia and now osteoporosis. My physician has highly recommended medication or a monthly injection. I have completed hours of research and am very unhappy with the many personal stories of side effects. Evenity, the one ...

Dear Annie

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Dear Annie: In 2010, I discovered that my husband of 47 years had been in touch with a woman who he had a long and intimate relationship with before we met. She had a child three months before we met and wanted him to marry her but he refused because he had learned that she was also intimate ...