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Michigan Supreme Court candidate visits Marquette

By RANDY CROUCH Journal Staff Writer MARQUETTE — Michigan Supreme Court justice candidate Kyra Harris Bolden visited the Marquette area on Saturday. The 34-year-old Bolden is currently a member of the Michigan House of Representatives where she represents the 35th District. While still ...

Local pets ‘strut’ their stuff

The location changed, but the mission didn’t. Over 100 dogs and their people showed up at Jackson Mine Park in Negaunee for the annual Upper Peninsula Animal Shelter’s Strut your Mutt on Saturday. Event organizers say this year’s charity walk for homeless pets raised $14,255. Along with ...

Jimmy Carter celebrates 98

By BILL BARROW Associated Press ATLANTA — Jimmy Carter, already the longest-living U.S. president in history, turned 98 on Saturday, celebrating with family and friends in Plains, the tiny Georgia town where he and his wife, 95-year-old Rosalynn, were born in the years between World War I ...

Alvin L. Johns

NEGAUNEE, MI - Alvin Louis Johns, 94, of Carr St., Negaunee, passed away Monday morning, January 11th, 2021, at his home, in the presence of his loving wife and daughters. Graveside services will be held at 1:00 PM on Saturday, October 8th, at Northland Chapel Gardens, with Rev. Larry Van Damme officiating. Military honors will be accorded by the United States Navy. Following services, the family will host a lunch at the family home at 724 Carr St., Negaunee. Mr. Johns’s memorial page may be viewed at koskeyfuneralhome.com.

Anti-platelet therapy depends on risk factors

Dear Dr. Roach, I had a surprise heart attack two months ago. (I have no family history of heart attack, and my blood pressure and cholesterol numbers were good.) My right coronary artery was 100% blocked, and a drug-eluting stent was inserted. Thankfully, there was no heart damage, and ...