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Foxy Loxy Red Hatters set lunch

PEMBINE, Wis. — Foxy Loxy Red Hat ladies will meet for lunch at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Winter’s Restaurant in Pembine, Wis.

Northwood Geology Club meets June 25 in Florence

FLORENCE, Wis. — The Northwoods Geology Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 25 at the Florence Natural Resource Center, lower level. Follow the DMV signs to the parking lot. People of all ages are welcome to attend and door prizes are drawn for at the end of the meeting. ...

Northwoods stamp club to meet Tuesday

IRON MOUNTAIN — The monthly meeting of the Northwoods Philatelic Society stamp club is scheduled for 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 ...

Goodman-Armstrong Creek School awards scholarships

GOODMAN, Wis. — Goodman-Armstrong Creek High School hosted its graduation ceremony May 24, with speeches presented by valedictorian Erin Goode and salutatorian Krystal Moddie. The keynote speaker of the day was Alfred “Ottie” Barribeau. These scholarships were awarded to the ...

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Music series planned in Escanaba

ESCANABA — Strings on the Bay, the summer chamber music series presented by Bay College, returns this year with a lineup of fantastic concerts. All performances will take place in the Besse Theater on the Escanaba Bay College campus, starting at 7 p.m. Eastern time on select Tuesdays each ...

Live music Saturday at Brew Fest

IRON MOUNTAIN — The local band Norton, Chartier & Co. will take stage Saturday for Brew Fest in Iron Mountain. The group will play a variety of classic tunes from noon to 5 p.m. at the downtown stage for the Iron Mountain Downtown Development Authority’s annual event. This year’s ...

Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson dies at 82

Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys' visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired "Good Vibrations," "California Girls" and other summertime anthems and made him one of the world's most influential recording artists, has died at ...

Donation to Music in the Park

Terri Castelaz/Daily News photo The Tourism Association of the Dickinson County Area recently donated $500 to support the June 26 Norway Music in the Park concert featuring Next Myle. Dianne Castelaz-Chiapusio of TADCA presents the check to Carol Sundstrom of Music in the Park. Upcoming ...

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95th birthday

Arvella Rudd of Kingsford turned 95 years old on May 24. She is holding a dozen roses from an known admirer. She is know by many in the community. She has a wonderful family and many of her friends stopped by to share in her special day.

The history of grocery shopping is an interesting one

NIAGARA, Wis. — My husband and I have a fairly equal division of labor when it comes to household duties that evolved according to what needed to be done, whose abilities matched best with the task, and who was around when the job needed doing. For the most part, our philosophy has been that ...

Larson guest speaker at Golden K

By JOAN JOUPPI For The Daily News IRON MOUNTAIN — Flowers are blooming, trees are budding, and grass is growing. Summer has arrived. Out come the mowers and tillers to prepare the garden. Maybe even getting campers ready for long awaited family outings. Schools are out and the lake is ...

Children need discipline: no means no

NIAGARA, Wis. — In one of my recent trips to the grocery store, I encountered a situation between a mom and her two young children that sent me immediately back in time. As I watched the scene at the cash register play out, all I could think of was the day my 3-year-old son tested his will ...

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Engaged

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.

Engaged

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 ...

Vivio — 50th

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 ...

Oakley, Williams

ESCANABA — Michelle Oakley and Duaine Williams were united in marriage on Monday, May 13, 2024, at noon in the heart of Escanaba. The two were married by the county clerk Nancy Przewrocki. Michelle and Duaine’s witnesses were Hailey Williams and Tonya Vincent Todd. Michelle’s ...

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Foxy Loxy Red Hatters set lunch

PEMBINE, Wis. — Foxy Loxy Red Hat ladies will meet for lunch at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Winter’s Restaurant in Pembine, Wis.

Northwood Geology Club meets June 25 in Florence

FLORENCE, Wis. — The Northwoods Geology Club will meet at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 25 at the Florence Natural Resource Center, lower level. Follow the DMV signs to the parking lot. People of all ages are welcome to attend and door prizes are drawn for at the end of the meeting. ...

Northwoods stamp club to meet Tuesday

IRON MOUNTAIN — The monthly meeting of the Northwoods Philatelic Society stamp club is scheduled for 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 ...

Finnish Juhannus picnic June 21 in City Park

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Iron Mountain area Finnish American Raja Ryhma organization will have its annual Juhannus Picnic on Saturday, June 21, at the Iron Mountain City Park’s Bradley Maki Pavilion — the log structure with a sky-blue roof near the Deer Park. Attendees will gather for a ...

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Hope Church announces 2025 Summer Reading Challenge

IRON MOUNTAIN — Hope Church of Iron Mountain invites local students from kindergarten through 12th grade to participate in their inaugural Summer Reading Challenge, kicking off Sunday and running through July 31. This initiative encourages young readers to explore exciting stories, ...

Revival planned Saturday

KINGSFORD — A free revival event will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the pavilion at Cowboy Lake in Kingsford. The event will have free food, vendors including The Cure, the Dickinson County Cancer Loan Closet and others. Activities include face painting, a children’s ...

Day of Prayer observance in Iron Mountain

The 74th-annual National Day of Prayer took place May 1 with the theme “Pour out to the God of Hope and be filled.” In spite of the rain, about 30 local Christians gathered at noon at the Dickinson County Courthouse to pray for America. Hundreds of similar groups gathered in Michigan, ...

Lunch fundraiser May 17 at St. Mary Catholic Church

NORWAY — The youth of St. Mary Catholic Church in Norway will have a lunch fundraiser on Saturday, May 17, during Norway’s Citywide Garage Sale Day. Sloppy joes, hot dogs, nachos and more, as well as a bake sale items and beverages will be available in the church hall in the lower level at ...

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Book Review: The Darwin Strain

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, ...

Book Review: The New Girl

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 ...

Book Review: Never Look Back

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 ...

Book Review: The Cutting Room

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 ...

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Annual peony pilgrimage begins to U of M arboretum in Ann Arbor

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 ...

Gardening event set

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 ...

Keeping ticks out of your backyard

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 ...

Revitalize the yard

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 ...