In the know (Oceana's Herald-Journal)
The Michigan Commission of Agriculture named Donald W. Koivisto as the new director of the state Department of Agriculture during a special session last week. He will start Sept. 5.

Retiree gets lost in the bureaucracy (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By DAVE LIEBER Wilma Frashier has been burned so many times that she doesn't believe Medicare, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, the Retirement System of Texas or even The Watchdog when we tell her that the terrible confusion over her doctor bills is most likely over. Then again, nobody is really sure if it is. We won't know for three more months, when she returns to the doctor. Then she may fall back ...