Dear Heloise: I read your hints about green grass and feel like I have to warn people about “regular watering.” I think most of the country is suffering from drought conditions. Water has become a precious commodity, and I’d prefer to have regular showers rather than green grass. Our ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — The Uren-Cooper-Johnson American Legion Post 50 of Iron Mountain will host a fish fry from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Friday at the hall. Customers will have a choice of a three-piece cod, eight breaded shrimp, five-piece Alaskan walleye (pollock) or all-you-can-eat smelt dinner. The ...
CRYSTAL FALLS — The annual Beethoven & Banjos Festival returns with a program inspired by the sounds and landscapes of Iceland. The concerts, which are a cross-genre celebration of classical and folk traditions, take place at 7:30 p.m. Eastern time Friday at Reynolds Recital Hall, ...
Dear Annie: My sister, “Erin,” has always been a bit dramatic, but lately it feels like she’s manufacturing chaos. She’s going through a divorce, and while I understand that’s difficult, she’s started calling me multiple times a day just to vent — about her ex, the kids, her job, ...
NORWAY — The Menominee-Marinette, Wis. area group Goodfellas will take the stage from 12:30 to 2 p.m Saturday at the band shell on Main Street in Norway as part of the community's Leif Erikson Festival. They will entertain the crowd with a variety of music, including old standards from the ...
ESCANABA – The Bay Film Series at Bay College has announced two films for its Fall 2025 schedule. For more than 30 years, the series has celebrated the art of filmmaking. With an art-house sensibility, it has highlight experimental and character-driven movies, focusing on independent, ...
CRYSTAL FALLS — More amazing musical mania is coming to Crystal Theatre. This time it is AbbaMania, recreating the genuine ABBA concert energy in a performance set for 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16. As a bonus for patrons, at 7 p.m. Saturday the theatre will show the 2008 film “Mamma Mia,” ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Area casinos have announced upcoming entertainment. The list includes: Island Resort & Casino Harris (1-877-ISL-SHOW) Headlining at the Island Showroom: Oct. 17-18 — Lance Burton, Master Magician & Friends, $40. Nov. 7-8 — Priscilla Block, $40. Nov. ...
KINGSFORD — The last Monday in September greeted the Golden K seniors with warm sunshine and beautiful fall colors. It was a perfect fall day. Gathering together and happily chattering about their weekend festivities, the fellowship hall at the First Presbyterian Church became a beehive of ...
NIAGARA, Wis. — My husband and I met in college, and we soon learned that we had come from very different backgrounds. While we both had grown up in blue collar families and each had three siblings, our mothers were very different from each other. His was the typical ‘50s homemaker and most ...
Editor’s note: This is the complete version of the original column that was published in Saturday’s edition. NIAGARA, Wis. — Life in America has begun to change at an alarming rate. Every day the news brings us reports of yet another freedom that seems to be in danger of slipping away. ...
KINGSFORD — The first day of fall has arrived. Trees are dropping ready-to-eat fruits and a brown-speckled bird is happily cleaning feathers in the birdbath even as the rain is falling. Vibrant colored trees are being displayed throughout the Upper Peninsula as leaves begin to fall. The ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — Connie (LaFleur) and Mike Doughman, formerly of Iron Mountain, celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary today. The couple married on Aug. 2, 1975, at American Martyrs Catholic Church in Kingsford, by the Rev. John Hughes. Attendants were the bride’s sisters, Karen Burrell ...
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Westcott of Vulcan announce the engagement of their daughter, Katie, to Mark Hutton of Carlow, Ireland. A July 2025 wedding is planned.
Together with their parents, Joseph Crosson and Kristen Gendron are excited to announce their engagement. Kristen is the daughter of Dr. Toby and Karen Gendron and the granddaughter of late Frank and Barbara Schinderle and late Frank and Dean Gendron. She is a 2014 graduate of Iron Mountain ...
QUINNESEC — Hilda and Ernie Vivio of Quinnesec celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary. The couple wed on June 22, 1974, in Norway. They have three children, Ed (Martin), Eric (Amy Rock) and Laura (Chris Karle); and three beautiful granddaughters, Ali and Gwen Karle and Aspyn ...
EAGLE RIVER, Wis. — The Enchanted Doll Club of the Northwoods will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday in the meeting room of the Kalmar Community Center, 1011 Railroad St. in Eagle River. Nancy Mansavage of Eagle River will present a program titled “What's in A Name?” The focus of her presentation ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — The Northwoods Philatelic Society stamp club will meet 7 p.m. Tuesday in the fellowship room of First Lutheran Church, 1210 S. Stephenson Ave. in Iron Mountain. The church is between Domino’s Pizza and Slumberland Furniture. A short business meeting and educational program ...
CRYSTAL FALLS — The Crystal Falls Musicale will have its first meeting of the 2025-26 season at 6:30 p.m. Monday at Christ United Methodist Church in Crystal Falls. The organization’s mission is to support music both at Forest Park Schools and the community, and to award music ...
NORWAY — The Niagara Lions Club will have its annual four-player golf scramble Saturday, Sept. 20, at Oak Crest Golf Course in Norway. The shotgun start will be at 10 a.m. It is open to everyone. The cost is $45 for Oak Crest members and $80 for non-members. This includes 18 holes of golf, ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — A free community meal will be served at 5 p.m. Thursday at First United Methodist Church, 106 Fourth St., which is behind the Hardee’s restaurant in Iron Mountain.
IRON MOUNTAIN — The Carmelite Sisters, along with co-chairs from St. Mary Catholic Church in Norway and St. Barbara Catholic Church in Vulcan, will host the annual Carmelite Fall Festival on Saturday and Sunday. The event will run from noon to 3 p.m. both days at the monastery at the ...
WALLACE — Country Bible Church in Wallace will join women from around the globe in person and online for a three-day conference hosted by the Revive Our Hearts ministry. The conference runs from 5 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 2; from 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3; and 7 to 11 a.m. ...
CRYSTAL FALLS — A new series of bimonthly Senior Days at Fortune Lake Lutheran Camp will begin Monday with the Rev. David Van Kley as guest speaker. Participants can learn about the phenomenon of Christian Nationalism in America and discuss how best to respond as citizens. Kley will ...
Zoologist Bill Schutt and archaeologist J. R. Finch have written the final chapter in their trilogy, beginning with “The Himalayan Codex” and “Hell’s Gate” closing with the exciting finale “The Darwin Strain.” (William Morrow, 412 pages) Set in the post-World War II era, ...
Gabriel Allon, Israel’s own version of master spy James Bond, has another daring mission in Daniel Silva’s latest spy thriller “The New Girl.” (Harper/475 pages) A young girl who had been attending the exclusive International School of Geneva is kidnapped. But the 12-year-old child is ...
Edgar Award-nominated author Alison Gaylin has a twisted tale of deadly family secrets in “Never Look Back.” (William Morrow, 339 pages) In the 1970s, a teenage couple, April Cooper and Gabriel LeRoy, went on a killing spree in Southern California similar to the murders committed by ...
The team of Margaret Murphy and Helen Pepper, writing as Ashley Dyer, have their second crime novel - “The Cutting Room.” (William Morrow, 436 pages). Detectives Ruth Lake and Greg Carver are back after their debut in "Splinter in the Blood." British television viewers are captivated ...
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — It’s time to peek at the peak peonies. Visitors are making the annual pilgrimage to the University of Michigan this week to see — and smell — one of the world’s premier collections of the garden plant, featuring showy red, white and pink blooms of countless ...
PESHTIGO, Wis. — The Northern Lights Master Gardeners Association will sponsor an Ask the Gardner event at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 31. Attendees can learn how to successfully manage their gardens through propagation. They should meet at Northern Perennials, W5254 Loucks Road in ...
Backyards are ideal places to spend warm afternoons soaking up some sun. But those afternoons can quickly go off the rails when an unwelcome visitor makes its presence known. Ticks can be found throughout the world, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention notes that only a select ...
New growth is a hallmark of spring, whether it plays out in the birth of birds and bunnies or with the returned buds on trees and plant stalks. While most greenery rebounds naturally, lawns may need a little extra TLC in order to return to their once-lush, green glory. Revitalizing a lawn ...