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Show kindess this holiday season

Dear Heloise: It's at this time of year that so many people feel a sense of grief during the holidays. While so many of us are enjoying family and friends during the holidays, there are thousands of people who wish desperately for someone to take them shopping or call them a couple of times a ...

Mother-in-law may be asking too much

Dear Annie: My mother-in-law is 81 and a widow. She currently lives alone. Her health is declining, and she has been talking about wanting my husband and me to move in with her and “take care of her and the house.” She is adamantly against moving into assisted living or anything similar. I ...

Tootsie Roll Drive donation

The Iron River Knights of Columbus, Council 2300, recently made its annual donation from the 50th-annual Tootsie Roll Drive on Columbus Day weekend. Grand Knight Mark Stauber presented a $3,369 check to West Iron County special education teacher Lisa Anderson. From left are TootsieRoll Drive ...

Mother/daughter relationship proves hard in life, death

Dear Annie: In 2010, I discovered that my husband of 47 years had been in touch with a woman who he had a long and intimate relationship with before we met. She had a child three months before we met and wanted him to marry her but he refused because he had learned that she was also intimate ...

Reading challenge forms due at the CF Library

CRYSTAL FALLS — The Crystal Falls District Community Library each year has a 50-book reading challenge. Now at the end of the year, patrons who have read 50 or more books in 2025 should bring their lists into the library and receive their Crystal Falls Library T-shirt. The library, 237 ...

Class Get-togethers

Today — Kingsford High School Class of 1972, lunch, 11:30 a.m., Bob and Gerry's in Kingsford. All classmates and significant others are welcome. For more information, call Sally at 906-396-9870 and leave a message if not answered. — Norway-Vulcan High School Class of 1966, lunch, 11:30 ...