The ride annually attracts all kinds of bikes. This was the start of the Jan. 2010 ride. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Will it be truly “polar” again this year? Registration is now open for the 14th annual Rocky River Road Club Polar Bear Metric Century Ride on Saturday, Jan. 14, 2012. Last year’s ride brought 325 cyclists to town, and they met snowwhen they got out into Rowan County around midday. Read the full story

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Carolinas HealthCare System said Friday that the state has approved its plans to build a 66-bed psychiatric hospital off NC 115 in Huntersville, near CHC’s Huntersville Oaks Nursing Home.

The hospital system said the state-permitted beds will transferred from in-patient psychiatric beds currently at Broughton Hospital in Morganton.

The new hospital will have 155 full-time employees. It’s expected to cost $33 million and will be off N.C. 115 at Verhoeff Drive. Read the full story

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Easytone shoe sole by Reebok.

The Federal Trade Commission, the nation’s consumer protection agency, charged Reebok with making claims about EasyTone and RunTone shoes that the company couldn’t support. According to the FTC, Reebok claimed that using these products would strengthen and tone leg and butt muscles. To settle the case, Reebok has agreed to pay $25 million for refunds to people who bought Reebok toning shoes or apparel. Read the full story

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Mickelson (left) and Wood

MOORESVILLE – Lake Norman Regional Medical Center Auxiliary recently chose Brenda Mickelson as its new volunteer president, and Janet White as president-elect.

Brenda Mickelson has been a volunteer since August of 2010 and will remain the President through the 2011-2012 year, with Janet White by her side. Brenda says, “I am honored to hold this position and am excited to get started.”

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