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Wildlife, as well, will need relief from smoke

The thick wildfire smoke that has dominated the region this week created hazardous air quality unlike anything most had ever experienced before, even in past severe wildfire years. It led the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy to advise that everyone — regardless ...

USCG Station Portage under new leadership

DOLLAR BAY — U.S. Coast Guard Station Portage underwent an official change of command on July 10. A formal ceremony was conducted at Dollar Bay schools complete with a color guard, a personnel inspection and a reading of orders. These elements are all conducted to a formally prescribed ...

Millan retires from VA after 18 years of federal service

IRON MOUNTAIN — After 18 years of federal service, Kara Millan of Armstong Creek, Wis., retired from the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain on June 30. She was born in Chicago and lived there until age 13, when her family moved “up north” to Wisconsin. Millan ...

How wildfire smoke can attack the body

Smoke from wildfires — which are burning more of the Northern Hemisphere as Earth warms — attacks nearly every system in the human body, killing tens of thousands of people a year, numerous medical studies show. It attacks the body immediately, spiking asthma cases with increased ...