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Dear Annie: Thirteen years ago, I started doubting my family’s place in my life. I come from a family of four boys, but only one of my three remaining brothers keeps in touch. My oldest brother is up in years and no longer able to get around. The middle brother and his wife are the only ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County Library events for October will include: — All library sites will be closed Monday for staff training. Normal hours will resume Tuesday. — Graveyard Gardens: 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 20, at the Dickinson County Library in Iron Mountain; 10 to 11:30 a.m. ...

By JOAN JOUPPI For The Daily News KINGSFORD — In the newspaper comic section, Garfield the Cat hates Monday. He goes through all kinks of antics to make sure his opinion is clearly understood. Monday mornings sometimes follow that pattern as we start the week and catch up with friends or ...

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. ...

By JOAN JOUPPI For The Daily News KINGSFORD — In the newspaper comic section, Garfield the Cat hates Monday. He goes through all kinks of antics to make sure his opinion is clearly understood. Monday mornings sometimes follow that pattern as we start the week and catch up with friends or ...

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. ...

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 ...

By JOAN JOUPPI For The Daily News KINGSFORD — In the newspaper comic section, Garfield the Cat hates Monday. He goes through all kinks of antics to make sure his opinion is clearly understood. Monday mornings sometimes follow that pattern as we start the week and catch up with friends or ...

EAGLE RIVER, Wis. — The Enchanted Doll Club of the Northwoods will have its October meeting at 1 p.m. Thursday in the meeting room of the Kalmar Community Center at 1101 Railroad St. in Eagle River. Arlene Vlies of Pelican Lake, Wis., will present a program on artist Mary Engelbreit. ...

Iron River Knights of Columbus Council 2300 made donations toward parking lot repairs at two local Catholic churches, providing crack fill, sealing and striping. Grand Knight Mark Stauber, left, hands parishes priest Father Dan Fosu checks in the amount of $4,500 for the parking lot at St. ...

NIAGARA, Wis. — The Foxy Loxy Red Hat ladies will meet at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Red Brick in Niagara.

Iron River Knights of Columbus Council 2300 made donations toward parking lot repairs at two local Catholic churches, providing crack fill, sealing and striping. Grand Knight Mark Stauber, left, hands parishes priest Father Dan Fosu checks in the amount of $4,500 for the parking lot at St. ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Fatima Public Square Rosary Crusade will host public prayer events in the area at noon on Saturday. They will be held at the corner of Lake Street and Lincoln Street in Quinnesec; outside Fornetti Dental Center, 100 S. Stephenson Ave. in Iron Mountain; and at Viking ...

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 ...

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 ...