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Marquette County program helps seniors stay active, helpful

MARQUETTE — The Marquette County Aging Services Retired & Senior Volunteer Program has been helping senior citizens in a variety of locations throughout the county for nearly 30 years. The RSVP partners with different programs and facilities throughout the community to work together with ...

Addressing disability complaints a top priority for rights department

MARQUETTE — Disabilities now account for the top type of discrimination complaints to the Department of Civil Rights. “Disability has now outpaced race, in terms of those complaints that we received,” Executive Director John E. Johnson Jr. said. “Our goal in enforcement is to ...

Proposed telemedicine rules could limit rural prescriptions

LANSING — Controlled medications like Adderall and opioids could no longer be prescribed via telemedicine, under a proposed rule by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency. Critics say the use of telemedicine to prescribe the drugs, allowed during the COVID-19 pandemic, helps patients in rural areas and should continue. Before the COVID-19 pandemic an in-person visit to a healthcare provider was required for a prescription for controlled substances. “It could be one visit a month, or one visit every couple of months depending on the healthcare provider and the patient,” said Dr. ...

At a glance

Negaunee Senior Center Kristy Basolo, director seniorcenter@cityofnegaunee.com 410 Jackson St. Negaunee, MI 49866 Phone: 906-475-6266 Fax: 906-475-6291 Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Senior Citizens Center | Negaunee, MI (cityofnegaunee.com) City of Negaunee Negaunee Township Richmond Township Marquette Senior Center Maureen Sullivan, services manager msullivan@marquettemi.gov 300 W. Baraga St. Marquette, MI 49855 Phone: 906-228-0456 Fax: 906-228-0456 Hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Senior Center - City of Marquette (marquettemi.gov) City of ...

Local briefing

MARQUETTE — — Michigan Veteran Homes D.J. Jacobetti will host its 26th annual Charity Golf Outing at the Marquette Heritage Golf Course at 1075 Grove St. at 10 a.m. June 29. Registration for the four-person scramble format outing is currently open; golfers can download the registration at https://bit.ly/MVHDJJTeamRegistration23. The player package includes 18 holes of golf, one golf cart seat, coffee at registration, prizes and lunch. The home is requesting teams return the registration form with payment of $340 prior to June 10. The outing will be limited to 36 teams so early ...

Deadly heat waves threaten older people as summer nears

PHOENIX — Paramedics summoned to an Arizona retirement community last summer found an 80-year-old woman slumped inside her mobile home, enveloped in the suffocating 99-degree (37 C) heat she suffered for days after her air conditioner broke down. Efforts to revive her failed, and her death ...