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Community breastfeeding collaborative launches monthly support meet-up

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HANCOCK — Feeding an infant can feel overwhelming—especially for new parents. In rural communities like the Keweenaw Peninsula, access to breastfeeding and lactation support can be limited. To help close that gap, a local Community Breastfeeding Collaborative is launching a new monthly ...

Superiorland Yesterdays

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30 years MARQUETTE – Around 200 guests of the Marquette Holiday Inn were evacuated early this morning when a small but smoky fire broke out in a commercial dryer, officials said. Tolls that ignited caused the hotel’s first 2 floors to fill with smoke at about 2:15 a.m. said Lt. Dan ...

Whitmer holds her final State of the State address

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Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday announced that her office will focus on childhood education and trying to put more money in Michanders’ pockets during her final year in office, proposals that will include lifelong literacy efforts, increased school funding and what she called the “Every ...

Rx Kids to expand throughout U.P. next week

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ESCANABA — In 10 additional counties in the Upper Peninsula, expectant mothers and parents of newborns will soon be eligible to enroll in Rx Kids — which provides “prescriptions” of cash to help young families get through one the toughest periods of life. This will mark the largest ...

Escanaba woman pleads guilty in stabbing incident

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ESCANABA – An Escanaba woman entered into a guilty plea Wednesday after being accused of stabbing her roommate in August. Crystalyn Dixie Knuth, who is lodged in the Delta County Jail, and her attorney, Jennifer J. France, appeared remotely on Wednesday in the Delta County 47th Circuit Court ...