Dear Annie: I recently had another unpleasant encounter with my 13-year-old granddaughter, and this time we both ended up yelling. What began as a simple conversation quickly turned into hateful answers, a bad attitude and her refusal to speak to me in a respectful or pleasant ...
Oct. 26, 2026 Damiana Mohr, Iron Mountain
IRON MOUNTAIN — Volunteers are preparing to collect Operation Christmas Child shoebox gifts during National Collection Week Nov. 16-23. Nearly 5,000 drop-off locations will open across the country in November, and shoebox packers can find their local drop-off locations across Michigan. Since 1993, Operation Christmas Child has been collecting and delivering shoeboxes to children — including many who are suffering from war, poverty, disease and disaster — that are filled with filled with gifts of toys, school supplies and personal care items Operation Christmas Child hopes to ...
Dear Heloise: As a person over 70, I’m committed to only adopting older pets (cats in my case) and making sure that they’ll have someone to take care of them if something happens to me. This is because one of my two cats originally belonged to a friend who died unexpectedly, and nobody in ...
NIAGARA, Wis. — Friends, families, groups or organizations who wish to take part in the third-annual Niagara Christmas Village display at Heights Park must register by Friday. The fee is 10 cents per square foot, with a minimum site size of 10-by-10 feet. To register, go to the Niagara Christmas Villages Facebook page and click on the link or pick up a form at City Hall. Completed forms can be dropped off at City Hall, 1029 Roosevelt Road in Niagara — note that the hall is closed on Thursdays. They can also be mailed to NAEU, P.O. Box 66, Niagara, WI 54151. Those who enter must ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — These area students completed all of the requirements for an associate degree or certificate during the summer semester at Bay de Noc Community College: Associate in science degree — — Pre-engineering: Cole Davy, Vulcan. — Early childhood education: Abagail Adcox, Kingsford. — Magnetic resonance imaging technologist: August Early, Iron Mountain. — Paramedic: Rory Vassar, Kingsford.
