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MSP helps make Christmas brighter for child fighting cancer
3+ hour, 18+ min ago (178+ words) MARQUETTE " Instead of Santa and his sleigh, Michigan State Police troopers aboard their "Blue Goose" patrol car brought Christmas cheer to a young girl fighting cancer far from home. Since Vialah and her parents could not be home for the…...
4-day school weeks are growing in popularity, despite a lack of data on the effects
3+ week, 1+ day ago (944+ words) Northeast of the capital city of Des Moines in central Iowa, the 400-student Collins-Maxwell Community School District is one of many across the state shifting to a four-day school week. Like many rural K-12 schools, the district has struggled to find…...
Dear Annie: Walking on eggshells
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (427+ words) Dear Annie: I am 60 years old and the mother of five grown children. I raised them mostly on my own after my divorce, and those years were not easy. There were slammed doors, late nights waiting up and more than…...
MDHHS encourages parents to practice safe sleep guidelines in honor of Infant Safe Sleep Awareness Month
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (462+ words) MARQUETTE " The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is encouraging parents to learn about and implement safe sleep practices for infants during Infant Safe Sleep Awareness Month, highlighting the life-saving steps families can take to help every baby sleep…...
Promoting safe sleep practices for infants
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (292+ words) With October being Infant Safe Sleep Month in Michigan, the Dickinson-Iron District Health Department wants to remind everyone of the importance of infant safe sleep. Sleep-related deaths can occur at any point during infancy, which is from birth to 1 year…...
Dear Annie: Learning to say ‘I’ve got this’ at work, and ‘No, thank you’ at home
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (345+ words) I don't think she's being unkind. If anything, I think she's trying to be helpful and make sure everything is done right. But it makes me feel like she doesn't trust me or my abilities, which is frustrating. I want…...
A robot programmed to act like a 7-year-old girl works to combat fear and loneliness in hospitals
3+ mon, 4+ day ago (936+ words) Luca, how are you?" it asked in a high-pitched voice programmed to sound like a 7-year-old girl. It's been awhile." Brazil-Sheehan said they had only met the 4-foot-tall (1.2-meter-tall) robot with a large screen displaying cartoonlike features once before after…...
Cuts For A Cause: Fresh Coast Beauty hosts First Annual Hair Drive in partnership with Texas Roadhouse
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (310+ words) Children With Hair Loss provides free human hair replacements to children and young adults experiencing medically-related hair loss due to cancer treatments, alopecia, trichotillomania, burns and other conditions. September is both Alopecia Awareness Month and Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, making…...
Students face new cellphone restrictions in 17 states as school year begins
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (803+ words) Jamel Bishop is seeing a big change in his classrooms as he begins his senior year at Doss High School in Louisville, Kentucky, where cellphones are now banned during instructional time. In previous years, students often weren't paying attention and…...
Elevated lead levels found in some Marquette homes; drinking water advisory issued
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (524+ words) MARQUETTE " The city of Marquette announced on Thursday that it has found elevated levels of lead in drinking water in some homes and buildings in the community. Lead can cause serious health problems, especially for pregnant persons and young children....