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Upcoming events at Crystal Falls library

CRYSTAL FALLS — For the entire month of October, the Crystal Falls District Community Library will offer fee amnesty to all card holders. Any patron who has any overdue fees with the library will be forgiven. The library will also accept canned goods in payment for lost items. Library officials hope to encourage patrons to visit the library and feel welcome to participate in all it has to offer. Along with forgiving fees, the library will be permanently adjusting borrowing allowance times on items checked out from the library. Books, audiobooks and CDs will now be due one ...

Doll club to meet in Eagle River

EAGLE RIVER, Wis. — The Enchanted Doll Club of the Northwoods will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday in the meeting room of the Kalmar Community Center, 1011 N. Railroad St. in Eagle River. Nancy Mansavage of Eagle River will present a program on Holly Hobbie. Holly Hobbie was not only a lovable rag doll, but a talented artist and writer of children’s books and creator of greeting cards. Mansavage will have both dolls and books to share with the club. Guests are always welcome. For more information, contact Judith Wainwright at 715-482-9804.

Store gummy vitamins upside down

Dear Heloise: Do your gummy vitamins, supplements and the like stick to the bottom of their jars? Is it hard to dig them out? Let their stickiness and gravity work for you by storing the jars upside down! My wife and I faithfully read your column in the Ventura County Star. — George V., in ...

Still haunted by high school

Dear Annie: This might seem a little weird for a 78-year-old man, but this really bothers me. When I was in elementary and high school, I wasn’t liked by many of my fellow students. I was shy, a bit awkward and the target of bullying. I never fit in, and I thought high school would never ...

Today’s Birthdays

Oct. 10, 2026 Rose Wanta, Appleton, Wis. Heather Anderson, Iron Mountain Oct. 11, 2026 Dean Guldswog, Iron Mountain Oct. 12, 2026 John Richtig, Iron Mountain Stacy Schinderle, Iron Mountain Caroline Sullivan, Iron Mountain

‘Betty’ Simon family sets up new IMHS scholarship

IRON MOUNTAIN — The family of Elizabeth “Betty” Wentarmini Simon has established a new scholarship at Iron Mountain High School in accordance with her wishes. Betty was born Sept. 24, 1924, in Iron Mountain and graduated from Iron Mountain High School in 1942. She married Eugene ...