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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 ...

When love meets its limits

Dear Annie: I’ve never written an advice column before, but I honestly don’t know where else to turn. My mother is elderly, physically frail and becoming increasingly confused. Earlier this year, she developed pneumonia and was so sick she could barely function. Her longtime boyfriend, ...

Losing weight before a wedding

Dear Heloise: I’d like to respond to Patty W. She wanted to lose weight for her son’s wedding. I also wanted to lose weight for my son’s wedding a few years ago. The best diet advice I received was free and easy; it was simply “more exercise, less eating” — or MELE for short. It ...

Today’s Birthdays

Aug. 15, 2026 Kade Scott, 15, Ishpeming Aug. 16, 2026 Taylor McDonald, Iron Mountain Brittney Miller,  Niagara, Wis.    Jaeden Hudson, Iron Mountain (Jaeden is in the blue shirt)

Upcoming activities set at Dickinson County Library

IRON MOUNTAIN — Some of the upcoming events at the Dickinson County Library will include — — Antique Appraisals with Mark Moran: Today, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the library in Iron Mountain. Contributing editor for Antique Trader magazine, Mark Moran will provide free five-minute appraisals for items such as fine art, furniture, ceramics, glassware, vintage photographs, advertising, folk art, assorted toys, metalware, clocks, costume jewelry, musical instruments, books, and sporting memorabilia. Registration is required for item appraisal — all are welcome to watch him work his ...

Doll club to meet Aug. 20

EAGLE RIVER, Wis. — The Enchanted Doll Club of the Northwoods will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 20, in the meeting room of the Kalmar Senior Center, at 1100 N. Railroad St. in Eagle River. Judy Karlsson of Wood Dale, Ill. will present a program on celebrity dolls. Creating dolls to honor and ressemble famous people has always been a trademark of doll companies. Members and guests are encouraged to bring and share their own celebrity dolls. Guests are welcomed at all doll club meetings. For more information about the Enchanted Doll Club, contact Judy Wainwright at 715-482-9804.