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Poor Artists Sale taking applications for booths

HANCOCK — Artist booth applications are now being taken for the 50th-annual Poor Artists Sale, an annual juried holiday art fair hosted by the Copper Country Community Arts Council as a benefit for the Community Arts Center in Hancock. The event will be Saturday, Dec. 5, at the Calumet-Laurium-Keweenaw schools gymnasium in Calumet. To apply for a booth space, go to the CCCAC website at www.coppercountryarts.com and click Poor Artists Sale Application. Artists may also stop by the arts center during open hours to pick up a hard copy of the application. Deadline to apply is 6 p.m. ...

Glacial Gardeners Association awards two scholarships

FLORENCE, Wis. — The Glacial Gardeners Association recently awarded two scholarships to Baily Broecker of Kingsford. Broecker received the Hazel (DeGayner) Dault Memorial scholarship, donated by Dault’s siblings, of $1,250. She also received the Inga Fleming Memorial Scholarship for ...

My children’s stepmom may be overstepping

Dear Annie: I have been divorced for three years and share custody of my two children, ages 10 and 13. My ex-husband remarried about a year ago, and his wife is kind, involved and genuinely seems to care about my children. I know that is something to be grateful for. The problem is that ...

Today’s Birthdays

Sept. 23, 2026 Jada Plante, Norway Jean Meyer, Kingsford Jack Watts, Kingsford Bill Lucas, Hardwood

Class Get-togethers

Thursday — Iron Mountain High School Class of 1961, lunch, 11:30 a.m., Martin’s Restaurant at Tri-City Cinema in Quinnesec. Members and guests are welcome. — Norway High School Class of 1970, lunch, noon, Knight Owl Sports Bar & Grill in Norway. Saturday — Kingsford High School Class of 1974, luncheon, noon, Famers Restaurant, Pine Mountain Resort in Iron Mountain. Classmates, spouses and guests welcome. — Kingsford High School Class of 1961, dinner, 4 p.m., at Bartoletti’s Supper Club in Aurora, Wis. Tuesday — Iron Mountain High School Class of 1970, ...

Reprogramming car functions

Dear Heloise: A suggestion was made to have your car key fob reprogrammed by a mechanic to only unlock the driver’s door so that it’s safer when refueling at a gas station. A mechanic isn’t necessary. The doors are programmed through the car itself in the vehicle’s utility menu. Each ...