Dear Annie: When my daughter was little, I met with a potential employer who asked about my family. I told him I had a 2-year-old, and he said something I've never forgotten: His daughters were grown, and his greatest joy was talking with them as adults and realizing he had raised two amazing ...

CRYSTAL FALLS — The Crystal Falls District Community Library will have “Fiber Art and Wearables” week start today and continuing through Saturday, Aug. 9. This is the sixth week of the “Color Our World” Summer Reading Program for 2025. Story hours for kids of all ages for the week ...

Aug. 4, 2025 Connie Secrist, 86, Norway Vanessa Lanthier, Niagara, Wis. Betsy Bloom, Felch

Dear Heloise: Someone recently mentioned needing their reading glasses to read the instructions on a paint can. When I encounter tiny instructions like those, I take a picture with my smartphone so that I can enlarge it and read it easily. — Kathy, in Texas SEND A GREAT HINT ...

LANSING — As summer travel increases, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel is encouraging residents to be familiar with the signs of human trafficking. Human trafficking can take on many forms, including forced labor and sexual exploitation. Labor trafficking is found in many different ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Connie (LaFleur) and Mike Doughman, formerly of Iron Mountain, celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary today. The couple married on Aug. 2, 1975, at American Martyrs Catholic Church in Kingsford, by the Rev. John Hughes. Attendants were the bride’s sisters, Karen Burrell ...