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Urologist Stephen Lipson Joins UP Health System – Portage

HANCOCK, Mich. – UP Health System – Portage CEO Jeff Lang has announced that Dr. Stephen Lipson, a board certified urologist, is now seeing patients at Portage. “Dr. Lipson’s joining the UP Health System – Portage Medical Staff is great news for Copper Country residents,” Lang said. “We are continuing …

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Dollar Bay-Tamarack Schools Superintendent Set To Retire

With over 40 years in education as a coach and administrator, 65-year-old Jan Quarless says he is ready to retire. For the past 12 years, Quarless has been the Superintendent of Dollar-Bay Tamarack Schools. Quarless said, “The journey’s been challenging at times, but I think maybe when you get my …

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Quincy Street Streetscape Project Begins In April

The start of the major reconstruction of Quincy Street in Hancock is approaching. The Michigan Department of Transportation Communications Representative Dan Weingarten says the Quincy Street Streetscape Project will have a big impact on local motorists. The project will focus mainly on US-41 through downtown Hancock, including upgrades to the water …

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Dianda Wants Attorney General to Invesigate New Senate Offices

State Representative Scott Dianda is calling on Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette to investigate the Senate’s rental of their new offices in the Capitol View office building. The Senate sold the Billie S. Farnum Building that had been home to Senators’ offices and that the Senate owned. Dianda says the …

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MI January Jobless to 4.9%

Michigan’s January jobless rate was below 5 percent first time in 15 years. State labor officials say Michigan’s unemployment rate in January was 4.9 percent. That’s also 1.1 percent below the jobless rate of January, 2015. The state’s workforce improved by 27,000 in January and total employment rose by 33,000. The number …

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Lawmakers Want AG to Investigate Grand Rapids Home for Veterans

Lawmakers on a pair of Michigan House committees looking in to a scathing audit of a veteran’s home in Grand Rapids want Michigan’s attorney general to investigate the facility. An oversight committee and veteran’s affairs committee held their second joint hearing on the Grand Rapids Home for Veterans Thursday. More …

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