GRANT TOWNSHIP — A man from Wisconsin died as the result of a motor cycle crash Friday in Keweenaw County's Grant Township. The accident occurred on U.S. 41, one mile south of Washington Mine Road on. The Keweenaw County Sheriff Office said deputies responded to a report of the crash at ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: A dear friend of ours was diagnosed with lung cancer and subsequently had a stroke. Since then, he was told that he had disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and that there wasn't any treatment for it. The doctors don't want to do surgery for the cancer because they're ...
Dear Annie: My husband and I recently welcomed our first baby, and we are exhausted but overjoyed. We live in an apartment building, and after weeks of trial and error, we finally started getting our daughter onto a somewhat predictable sleep schedule. The problem is our next-door neighbor's ...
MENOMINEE A man from Menominee man was recently sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to methamphetamine and firearm charges. Shane Allen Konell, 51, was sentenced July 10 in the Menominee County 41st Circuit Court to concurrent prison terms of five to 10 years for possession of meth and a ...
DEAR DR. ROACH: A few years ago, at the age of 65, I was hospitalized and in critical condition with a calcium score of 14 mg/dL. After many tests, the diagnosis was hypercalcemia. After a 10-day hospital stay, I was discharged, and every test in the book was done to find the cause. All tests came back negative as to the cause, and still to this day, it isn't known what could have caused this. Any ideas? — G.V. ANSWER: "Hypercalcemia" just means a high calcium level, and there are many causes — some of which are quite serious, including several cancers. A level of 14 mg/dL is very ...
Dear Annie: My mother is German, and my father is American. Growing up, I was raised with traditions from both cultures, but I have never felt fully part of either one. Last Christmas, my mother made a traditional German dinner and invited several relatives. I tried to join the conversation, ...
