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Cancer Closet gets $16K from more than 100 women

KINGSFORD — “Our prayers have been answered,” said Diane Schabo, president of the Dickinson County Cancer Unit Loan Closet, as the non-profit was chosen by the 100-Plus Women Who Care of Dickinson County to receive this quarter’s donation. The Loan Closet was awarded about $16,000 that allows them to move forward with its needed building upgrades. “We had a very hard time thinking about having to use the money that people donated for our cancer patients to fix the building,” said Schabo, noting the volunteer-operated organization relies completely on donations and ...

Houghton council approves city center as county early-voting site

By GARRETT NEESE Daily Mining Gazette HOUGHTON — Houghton County will have a center for early voting. The Houghton City Council approved usage of the second floor of the City Center as an early-voting site for county residents for future state and presidential elections, starting with ...

IM VA earns 5th straight ‘Best Experience’ award

IRON MOUNTAIN –The Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center received the 2022 Best Overall Experience Award from the Department of Veterans Affairs during the Customer Experience Award Ceremony held this week in Washington, D.C. The award recognizes the medical center’s excellence in providing veterans with outstanding health care experiences, surpassing the 169 other VA medical centers across the country. The Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center is the only VA medical center to receive a Best Patient Experience Award five consecutive years, every year since the award’s ...

Beaumier exhibit to feature Lewis Cass expedition

By CHRISTIE MASTRIC Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — The Beaumier U.P. Heritage Center at Northern Michigan University opened a landmark exhibition on the 1820 expedition of Lewis Cass on the Great Lakes today. The exhibition, “Claiming Michigan: the 1820 Expedition of Lewis ...

Other opinions: Workforce health depends on child care

We hear a constant grumble about workforce hiring. It often comes with a resigned blanket commentary, “No one wants to work anymore,” or, as part of a package complete with “how different it was” back in the olden, golden days. But oversimplifications often miss the point, and undercut real solution-finding. So it is with Michigan’s child care crisis. We already know that child care models operate on razor-thin margins. Operators can only charge what families can afford to pay. Full-time workers are looking at paying for 40 hours/week of care. Babysitting wage is ...

Ford Airport Day takes off Saturday

By TERRI CASTELAZ The Daily News KINGSFORD — For two decades, the history of flight has been celebrated at Ford Airport Day. The 20th-annual event is set to take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Kingsford airport. The A-26 Invader “The Silver Dragon” will again be one ...