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Elliott-Johnson leads Medical Care Access Coalition

KINGSFORD — Angela Elliott-Johnson is the new executive director of the Medical Care Access Coalition, which assists the uninsured and under-insured in acquiring affordable health care and prescription medications. Elliott-Johnson succeeds Mylynn Trulock, who directed the program for more ...

Little brown bats make late summer appearances

What seems to be an annual rite of late summer happened Wednesday at The Daily News office. Just after dusk, a big brown bat swooped through the newsroom, making figure eights above and around us, obviously searching for a way out. Luckily, we have a back door that opens straight to the ...

Online pharmacies aid rural health care but threaten Michigan drugstores

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) For the past five years, Alpena resident Selena Kenny has received a bulk supply of medication every three months from Express Scripts. Her ...

‘Stuff the Bus’ campaigned planned in Niagara

NIAGARA, Wis. — The Niagara Lions Club is again organizing the “Stuff the Bus” campaign for school supplies for less fortunate students in the Niagara area. The “Stuff the Bus” campaign will run from Monday to Friday. Members of the public are asked to bring their school supply donation to Nicolet Bank Niagara, Forward Financial Credit Union in Niagara or Niagara City Hall. The school bus will be on display and rotate in front of these three locations throughout the week. Cash donations will be accepted, along with checks made to the Niagara Lions Club. Teachers will ...

Mistrial for Ishpeming woman accused of murder and arson

MARQUETTE — A mistrial has been declared for an Ishpeming woman accused of deliberately setting the fire that killed the man with whom she shared a home. Marquette County Circuit Judge Andrew Griffin ruled the Julie Boxley trial a mistrial about 2 p.m. Eastern time Thursday after the jury ...

Campsites still available for 2026 LAPP Lights at the Lake

IRON MOUNTAIN — Christmas may still be months away, but the Lake Antoine Park Partners are gearing up to “deck the campground” in preparation for another season of Lights at the Lake. “There are still 18 campsites available for businesses and organizations interested in creating ...