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Cindy Dostal, left, and Pat Blomfelt rehearse "As The Stomach Turns,"one of the plays in the Variety Show to be held June 6-7 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, June 8 at 2 pm.

Modern medications are among the major reasons why Americans of today live longer, fuller lives than their ancestors.

“Bluegill, crappie, are hitting on waxworms, wigglers, perch/crappie minnows, and there is still plenty of ice, although it is beginning to slush up some. Foot traffic is recommended for anyone heading out”

Anyone looking to participate in the spring turkey hunt can do so, as there are plenty of left over licenses on sale. via The Daily News

“Millions of discs are now delivered to Iron River for this, arriving on pallets”

Seems like everyone now uses computers so there should be this understanding: trash something, it's gone. via The County Journal

“Three to four million have to be euthanized yearly just at shelters. That's not counting animals that are simply abandoned and left to die.”

In times past, it would have been akin to a busy train station. Dogs and cats were being delivered in cages, crowded into the waiting area. via The County Journal

“We're beginning small, but dental care is a priority”

Comment on This Story / Send This Article to a Friend Business North - Around The Region - Duluth & Superior Newspaper Iron River community clinic brings health option to Bayfield County 2/14/2008 by Wayne ... via Business North

“That's why it has taken me 14 years to write the book”

William Tecumseh Sherman said it best: War is Hell. There is a tendency in popular culture to romanticize warfare and to minimize the costs of this most terrible endeavor of humankind; such is not the case with ... via The Daily Press

“It's understood by a lot of the members of the community that they can't afford to receive medical care, so they postpone a lot of their needs until they become emergent”

It seems fitting that the building for the new Lakes Community Health Center once housed a coffee shop, as the warm wood and artwork inside lend a cozy feeling to what can be a tense situation if your health is ... via The Daily Press

The Salvation Army Red Kettle Campaign in the Chequamegon Bay area was down slightly from 2006. via The Daily Press

“We still don't know why this was done”

The Bayfield City Council has revised the rules for building planned unit developments, despite one councilor's objections that the city is being stripped of oversight control. via The Daily Press

To celebrate Wisconsin Home and Community Education Week recently, the Bayfield County Association for Home and Community Education presented a basket of baby gifts to the family of newborn Gavin Christopher ... via The Daily Press

“Our intent, in addition to providing nutritious meals, is to get in better touch with senior citizens so they will know who to turn to, who to phone, when help is needed”

More dough means they'll be able to do some expanding in meals for seniors. That's according to Carrie Linder, the county's Aging and Disabilities Services supervisor. via The County Journal

“I'm real excited to see us getting this close now”

The Lakes Community Health Care Center Board Chairman Pat Sheridan, left, and Chief Executive Officer Rebecca Thompson say the federally funded primary health care provider remains on target for an early ... via The Daily Press

“Red Cliff has really stepped forward to pick up the service after Greyhound, and they really are the ones who deserve the pat on the back”

The Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and Bay Area Rural Transit have teamed up to provide transportation to Superior, helping to re-establish a missing link created when Greyhound ended its service ... via The Daily Press

“At three dollars apiece, I'd rather see a customer get home safely than chance something bad happening”

Hec's Bar owner Dave Cuffle displays one of the SafeRide program vouchers, which patrons at several area bars can use to get a free ride home if they've had too much to drink. via The Daily Press

“They are forging partnerships with nature while sustaining themselves, their families, their communities and, in some cases, their culture.”

Renewing the Countryside, University of Wisconsin Press, 176 pages, $26.95 . Edited by Jerry Hembd, Jody Padgham and Jan Joannides. via Madison.com

Two men were injured Friday in an automobile accident near the Town of Tripp in Bayfield County. via The Daily Press