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UP Health System–Marquette retains clinical neuropsychologist

MARQUETTE — Upper Peninsula Health System-Marquette officials have announced that they have retained Keara J. Kangas, Ph.D., clinical neuropsychologist, to its Brain & Spine team. Kangas specializes in adult neuropsychology, providing assessment and care for patients experiencing cognitive ...

UP communities collect winter coats

L'ANSE – With biting temperatures making their annual return and people beginning to grab for their heavy coats, Upper Peninsula communities are working to make coats available to those who need them. For example, the State Police typically has an annual coat drive, the Baraga County ...

Increased risk of wildlife-vehicle collisions as daylight saving time ends

MARQUETTE – This weekend, Michiganders will set their clocks back an hour and get a happily anticipated extra hour of sleep. But for wildlife this can be an especially dangerous time of year. Animal-vehicle collisions increase as animals are in rut and more likely to dash across roads, daylight hours are shortened and the clocks change. In fact, deer-vehicle collisions increase by 16% across the country in the week after “fall back.” “Deer and other animals’ internal clocks don’t change just because humans change their external clocks. Drivers should be extra diligent at ...

Suspect arraigned after Delta County crash

GLADSTONE — A Wednesday press release from the Michigan State Police indicated that a suspect has been arraigned after an Oct. 23 crash which seriously injured two people, in which the driver fled the scene. “A man and woman were seriously injured after an intoxicated driver left the roadway and struck them while they were in their own yard,” said the MSP release. “The driver fled the scene but was located and arrested a short time later.” At approximately 9:39 p.m. on Oct. 23, troopers from the Michigan State Police Gladstone post responded to a reported crash in the area ...