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The Schooner Madeline’s presence in the small harbor at Michigan’s Fayette State Park recreates the historic times when wooden schooners were the cargo ships that made the smelting of iron ore in Fayette possible and provided critical support for other small frontier ports on the upper Great Lakes.

The Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) Detroit Regional Office in partnership with the Iron Mountain VA Medical Center and its community-based outpatient clinics offers tele-benefits calls each Monday from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET to answer VA benefits questions. VBA can assist Veterans and their caregivers, survivors, or dependents with filing a VA disability claim, checking claim status, answering PACT Act questions, verifying benefits or amount letters, requesting forms or letters, and helping dependents and survivors with inquires. The VBA Detroit Regional Office also provides services associated with VA pensions, burials, home loans, survivor benefits, education and employment.

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In some ways, Munising resident Libby Whittington’s passions are pretty simple; she loves coffee and she loves VW buses. However, combining the two has created something quite special; the Dream Bean Machine, Grand Marais’ unique coffee and gift shop on wheels.

Summer is in full swing now, and there’s a good chance the kids are sitting around whining about how bored they are. Fortunately, when you live near Marquette, there are plenty of ways to fix that problem.

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