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DEAR DR. ROACH: I was recently diagnosed with diabetes and immediately changed my diet and exercise regimen. I was able to lose 17 pounds in about two months but have started to experience a feeling of something being stuck in my throat. Could the sudden weight loss have brought this on? I was ...

Half Full: Mark Wilcox

Labor Day was Monday, a day, to me, that has alway seemed to be a bit of a paradox. On one hand, it's a celebration, a three day weekend, a time to relax, enjoy and celebrate. And on the other hand it basically marks the end of the summer season. For school folk, Labor Day marks the end of ...

Outdoors North: John Pepin

“I’ll be waiting here just for you, just for you and September days, it feels like years away,” – Mike Delevante This graveled two-track road doesn’t appear on state highway maps. Its existence presents only a faint trace of straight stretches and rounded corners set into this ...

Rachel Marsden

PARIS — Trump is clearly looking for an exit ramp in Ukraine, but someone desperately wants him to blow right past it. That someone needs a swift kick to the curb. Word has it that U.S. President Donald Trump is now entertaining the notion of outsourcing America's role in the Ukraine war to ...

Dear Annie

Dear Annie: I recently had my 50th birthday. My boyfriend and I have been dating for seven years, with a two-year break. His friend recently asked me if my boyfriend gave me a present from him. I hadn't received the present, so I didn't say anything to my boyfriend, hoping maybe time just got ...

Busted

ALLGER COUNTY — On Wednesday, detectives from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team (UPSET) arrested a 27-year-old man from Alger County for possession of firearms. After a six-month joint investigation involving agents from with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and ...