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Marquette Nurses Plea for Community Support

Nurses who recently completed a 48-hour strike against UP Health System-Marquette are asking for community support in their battle for a new contract. The nurses say they’re trying to use the negotiation to address low hospital staffing levels that could endanger patient safety. Hospital staff walked off the job Thursday …

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UPHS-Marquette Nurse Lockout Continues

Nurses who ended their two-day strike against UP Health System-Marquette Saturday morning have, at least for the most part, not been allowed to return to work. In a statement issued Friday, hospital officials said that they had been obliged to make a five-day work commitment to the replacement nurses they …

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Poor Artists’ Sale Applications Available

Artist booth applications are now available for the 41st annual Poor Artists’ Sale. The Poor Artists Sale is a juried art fair, which will be held at the CLK Gymnasium on December 2nd. Artists who wish to apply should pick up an application form at the Copper Country Community Arts …

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Beer Fest to Proceed Despite Forecast

Despite the rainy forecast, tomorrow’s Baraga County Beer Fest will take place at L’Anse Waterfront Park. The second annual event is a fundraiser for the Baraga County Chamber of Commerce, which is putting up tents to keep visitors and vendors dry. The Fest will be open from 1:00 until 5:00, …

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Houghton District Benefits from Schools of Choice

The Houghton-Portage Township School District continues to reap the benefits of Michigan’s School of Choice policy. Enrollment numbers for the 2016-2017 school year published by the MLive website show that 43 percent of students at the Houghton schools come from other districts. That’s one of the highest percentages in the …

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Marquette Nurses’ Strike Continues

The strike by nurses at the Upper Peninsula’s largest hospital has moved into its second day. Members of the Michigan Nurses Association want UP Health System-Marquette to resolve what they say are dangerously low staffing levels. The walkout is scheduled to end tomorrow morning at 7:00, but union bargainer Janie …

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Cooke to Head Fitness Effort

Lots of Keweenaw residents are out of shape, and William Cooke wants to change that. Cooke is the new Portage Health Foundation Endowed Professor of Preventive and Community Health at Michigan Tech. His goal is to make the concept of diet and exercise less forbidding. “My catch phrase is ‘eat …

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Seppala to Lead Gardenview

Gardenview Assisted Living and Memory Care has a new leader. Maggie Seppala of Calumet has been promoted to Executive Director. She has been the facility’s Health and Wellness Director since last year. Gardenview is an assisted living provider in Calumet, and is the only Memory Support Community in the Western …

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