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TechniMed opens new office in Watervliet to keep up with demand

Some of TechniMed’s best customers are doctors who have been burned by other companies that bill for medical practices, the ones they call “the billers in the basement.” As medical […]

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Solar power is something Mike Linsea has believed in for 30 years. He decided to make it his business three years ago. Kathy Jennings catches up with the owner of Solar Winds Power Systems at one of the largest the solar arrays his company has installed in Kalamazoo.

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