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Rosalie Johnson Gray, age 89, passed away on December 10, 2021. Rose was born November 15, 1932 in Stockholm, WI to Dorance and Violet Johnson. She was a lifelong follower

May 12, 2021 GLADSTONE, Mich. — Susan Joy Solka, age 77, of Gladstone, passed away peacefully Sunday, May 9, 2021 at The Bishop Noa Home in Escanaba. Susan was born August 14,1943, in Green Bay, Wis., the daughter of Violet (Johnson) and Roderick Virgo. She was a 1961 graduate of Escanaba High School. During high school, she played the bassoon. She was a runner up in the Ms. Delta County Pageant twice and also was on the Queen’s Court in 1963 for the Escanaba Centennial. Susan furthered he...

1:07 KLCCs Brian Bull reports on a local observance of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) Day, with members of a local Native American theatre troupe and a UO Indigenous organization.    Poetry reader: “In the dark, in the bitter wind…listen to a dream…” Members of illioo Native Theatre and the University of Oregon’s Indigenous Womxn’s Wellness Group read poetry, under trees adorned with red dresses. Red dresses and other garments were hung from trees to symbolize thous...