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Thursday: Boomers & Beyond

Medicare for All in Michigan

LANSING — With the recent introduction of a health care bill in the Legislature and a continued national discussion, the concept of “Medicare for All” remains promoted by progressives as a way to deal with a health system that some believe is inherently flawed. The term “Medicare for ...

Exhibit on clothes set

MARQUETTE — The Marquette Regional History Center presents the Special Exhibit: “The Story Behind Their Clothes” starting April 26 and continuing to Jan. 8. What do Yoopers wear? Yoopers have been pioneers, Victorian businessmen, farming women, immigrant families, Northern students and ...

Service will settle disputes

MARQUETTE — Trained mediators can volunteer at the Marquette Alger Resolution Services, the local community dispute resolution service. MARS provides peaceful dispute resolution for all types of matters in Marquette and Alger counties. Many of the disputes we help with are parenting time, ...

Retired wildlife forensics expert reflects on 35-year career

BILLINGS, Mont. — For 35 years, Dee Dee Hawk was solving unusual mysteries, like whether a captured grizzly bear was guilty of attacking a human. Sometimes using only scraps of evidence, she helped put bad guys behind bars and unraveled wildlife-related whodunits when there were no ...

Black, Hispanic families hit hardest by dementia

It can begin with the occasional missed bill payment. An inability to remember names. Telling the same story repeatedly. There may be personality changes or mood swings. Confusion. Over time, it’s as if the person who once was slowly disappears. Dementia. As the population ages, a growing ...