Dear Annie: My neighbor has taken “borrowing a cup of sugar” to ridiculous levels. In the past six months, she’s borrowed my ladder, my hedge clippers, two baking pans and, most recently, my patio chairs for her daughter’s graduation party. She always promises to return things ...

March 12, 2026 Diana Moraska, Powers Cindy Hansen, Niagara, Wis. Barb Bigelow, Iron Mountain

KINGSFORD — Iron Mountain-Kingsford Knights of Columbus Council 1585 will have its annual St. Patrick’s Day Dinner on Tuesday, March 17. Social hour will start at 4:30 p.m., with dinner served from 5 to 6:30 p.m. A dinner of corned beef with cabbage, potatoes, rutabaga and carrots will ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Uren-Cooper-Johnson American Legion Post 50 of Iron Mountain will host a fish fry from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Friday at the hall. Smelt is back on the menu. Customers will also have a choice of walleye, in addition to the options of three-piece cod, eight breaded shrimp, or ...

Dear Heloise: I kept an African violet on my desk at work that never bloomed, no matter how much I cared for it. An older gentleman at the company who grew African violets at home under grow lights offered to take mine home. He nurtured it carefully and, once buds appeared, returned it to me in ...

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. A short business meeting and educational program will be followed by the usual ...