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Editorial

Deadline Thursday to sign up for health plan in marketplace

With the deadline coming up quickly — Thursday — to purchase a health plan on the Health Insurance Marketplace, the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services Director Anita Fox is urging residents who need coverage for 2026 to act now. "Comprehensive, high-quality health ...

Flu season means taking precautions, care of self

Although the holiday season is over, flu season is just getting started. Though the duration and severity of the season is hard to gauge from year to year, it seems the sickness has already begun to spread in the Upper Peninsula, though typically the flu season is at its worst in January or ...

State urges testing for radon gas in homes

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has again declared this to be Radon Action Month in Michigan, encouraging all residents to learn more about this environmental hazard and test their homes during this winter’s heating season. Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas produced by the natural decay ...