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Editorials

Get screened as part of Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

As January is Cervical Cancer Awareness month, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is urging Michiganders to make a resolution to be regularly screened for cancer. In Michigan, the rates of new cervical cancer cases and deaths due to cervical cancer have remained relatively ...

Move over to make roads safer for those stopped on shoulder

Most people make New Year’s resolutions to lose weight, exercise more or stop a bad habit. AAA hopes Michiganders will make a resolution to improve road safety by moving over for vehicles that are stopped on the shoulder of the road. On average, one tow truck driver is killed every other ...

Remedying children seen and not heard

When we look at systems that navigate the tangled workings of families, we often find snarls. No surprise there — anyone with a family knows how complicated those relationships can be, even when things are going well. But things typically aren’t going well for kids in child ...

Cambensy reached across the aisle while serving 109th District

“If I want to do this … I just took a step down and agreed to work for the people.” That’s what Sara Cambensy said she was told by her father when she first decided to run for office. The former Michigan State Representative for the 109th District, a Democrat, not only reached across ...

Tips on making those New Year’s resolutions stick

As Aspirus Health noted: First you make ’em. Then you break ’em. Does that sum up your past history with New Year’s resolutions? You’re jazzed in January to get in shape, stop smoking, eat better — to achieve your goal. But by February, your resolution is kaput. “Don’t throw ...

K-9 Deputy Tucker will be missed in UP

The Marquette County Sheriff’s Office is mourning the loss of one of its own this week. Corrections K-9 Deputy Tucker, who helped the sheriff’s office detect drugs that inmates attempted to smuggle into the jail, passed away Monday after an inoperable tumor on the dog’s heart caused his ...