MARION - Insurance premiums for county employees will increase as predicted for the next year. The Marion County Board of Commissioners approved health, dental, vision and life insurance policies for 2010 at its regular meeting Tuesday.

As Stephanie Ventura lifted the train of her elegant white gown and stepped into a horse-drawn carriage Sunday afternoon, the fairy-tale wedding she never imagined possible was just beginning.

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UPLAND - Nancy Taylor, 68, spent some time Friday morning catching up on her health care options.

Most of Minnesota's stimulus jobs in education, but school officials still worried By Cynthia Boyd | Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009 Sixty-three percent of the 11,852 jobs created or saved in Minnesota by federal stimulus money are in education, mostly in K-12, which tallies a total of 7,380 jobs. Still, recipients of the federal money can't shake off a scary truth: Now they have it. All too soon they ...

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OFFICE: Darlig Hund has purchased a 22,783-square-foot building at 3828 Hughes Court in Dickinson from Hughes Court Professional Building, J.V. Jason Kieschnick of Zann Commercial Brokerage represented the buyer.

Salem Concert Band Presents "A Call to Service": Performance to honor men and women who make sacrifices of all kinds in service to others, 3 to 5 p.m., Historic Elsinore Theatre. Cost: $15. Contact: (503) 769-5598, www.scb.org.

Funds for another parking structure on campus may go toward projects at the UNM Health Sciences Center instead.

For Dr. Heather Taylor, working in Glen Dale is like coming home. After eight years of practicing dentistry in Martins Ferry, the 1994 John Marshall High School graduate and Glen Dale native is now practicing in her home city, offering a variety of dental services that will appeal to all ages.

It is unimaginable to understand what a wrongfully convicted exoneree endures; helpless and discounted while crying innocence when their innocence is the truth.

The woman, who has not been identified, lived in a group home and was treated at a dental clinic in Cheyboygan County for infected teeth, said Dr. Tom Veryser, executive director of the nonprofit Michigan Community Dental Clinics, whose agency operates the clinic.

THE team of Sara Axtell, Gill Perras, Evelyn Sword and Cass Winton won the fifth annual Think Pink Ladies Charity Golf Day yesterday at the Royal Golf Club at Riffa Views.

Sandhills Club The Sandhills Club held its meeting at the Country Club of Whispering Pines on Sept. 24.

Tabitha Poncy and Steven Townsend, both of Houstonia, were married at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 1 at First Christian Church in Sedalia. The bride is the daughter of Rhonda Thornton, of Hughesville, and Joe and Billie Poncy, of Knob Noster.

Traveling health clinics have recently sprouted up across the country to offer basic medical services, like dental work, eyeglass fittings and check-ups, to the under or uninsured. On Saturday, the Bridgehampton School hosted the “Community Healthy Fair,” a scaled down version of these roaming clinics. At the second annual health fair, practitioners and health organizations offered [...]

The people, the parks, the arts top far-ranging list.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Legislative schedule for the House of Representatives and Senate for the week of Sept. 28. (Chr. Secrest, 466-5721), Senate North Hearing Rm., 1:30 p.m.

A Howell dentist will be offering free dental services to those in need Saturday for the office's inaugural Dental Care Day.

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