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Old Victoria site hosts Craft Fair on Sunday

ROCKLAND — The Old Victoria Historical Site will have its 43rd-annual Craft Fair from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time Sunday on the grounds of the historic copper mining village just outside of Rockland in Ontonagon County. Three of the four restored cabins and the sauna will be open for ...

Breaking up with the in-laws — again

Dear Annie: I’ve been married to a wonderful man for 30 years. His family has always made me feel like an outsider — rude, dismissive, the works. Ten years ago, I finally stepped back from them. We reconnected briefly five years ago when his father passed, mostly with his mother, but ...

Today’s Birthdays

Aug. 14, 2024 Doug Krokstrom, Iron Mountain Becky Dessellier, Iron Mountain Alysa Hicks, 25, Kingsford Charyl O’Neil Norway

Stamp club to meet Tuesday

IRON MOUNTAIN — The monthly meeting of the Northwoods Philatelic Society stamp club will be 7 p.m. Tuesday in the fellowship room of First Lutheran Church, 1210 S. Stephenson Ave. in Iron Mountain. A short business meeting and educational program will be followed by the usual informal stamp club auction. Members are encouraged to bring up to five lots for the auction, and the club will also auction lots of recently acquired stamps. The club has members from both Michigan and Wisconsin and is open to students as well as adults. They promote the fun and fellowship of stamp ...

Handling the grief of losing a pet

Dear Heloise: My sweet little dog died two days ago, and I can’t stop crying. I know that in time I’ll calm down, but I had him for 21 years. He was like a child to me. I found him at a shelter as a baby — skinny, scared and abandoned. He needed me, and I needed him. Any hints on how to ...

MVAA launches new ‘Talk to Your’ campaign

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency has launched a new “Talk to Your” campaign, an initiative encouraging Michigan residents to have conversations with the veterans in their lives about various aspects of life after service. The campaign aims to motivate family and friends to reach out to their veterans about their military experiences, the benefits they earned from their service and their mental health. “When veterans are able to talk to loved ones and VSOs about their military experience, it reinforces that their service and sacrifice are respected and ...