Dear Heloise: Using a sealed bin helps to keep mice out, but it doesn't always work. The smell of birdseed can get through plastic, and mice are persistent. What finally did the trick for me was putting a lavender room freshener inside the bin, tucked in a corner away from the seed bag. There's ...

Dear Annie: My husband retired eight months ago, and ever since then, our home has felt less like a place to relax and more like a company he has decided to manage. After years of leaving early, coming home late and barely noticing whether the bath towels matched, he is suddenly very interested ...

April 13, 2026 Dianne Castelaz-Chiapusio, 80, Norway Tammy Bianco, Iron Mountain Daniel Swartout, Iron Mountain

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Foxy Loxy Red Hat Ladies will gather for lunch at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Holiday Kitchen in Iron Mountain. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Dear Heloise: I read your column in the Journal Gazette of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Jim R., in Houston, wrote about people who are eating produce that they haven't purchased. But there is another view on this issue. Purchasing grapes, for example, without tasting them, often leads to sour grapes ...