MARQUETTE — The U.P. Hospice Foundation has been awarded a Community Pilot Grant to host an Upper Peninsula-wide Grief Support Conference designed to equip professionals with practical tools to better support grieving children and youth across the region. The conference will take place from ...

Dear Heloise: What has happened to proper grammar usage and the proper pronunciation of American English? "Gonna" and "wanna" have replaced "going to" and "want to." People use "different than" instead of "different from." Words such as February, mischievous, veteran and temperature are ...

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 choice of walleye, in addition to the options of three-piece cod, eight breaded shrimp, or ...

Dear Annie: I’ve had a dear friend for nearly a decade. He has been addicted to meth, heroin, alcohol — you name it. For years, I was the savior he ran to when everything fell apart. He’s married and has two young children. Before his youngest was born, he was a full-blown meth addict. ...

NIAGARA, Wis. — The topic of today’s column may appear a little odd given the typical age of its readers. An article on the senior page of the newspaper, after all, is written for more senior individuals who are most certainly living their purpose in life already. But I don’t think this ...

KINGSFORD — The Department of Veterans Affairs has implemented a new rule change for rating compensation. This change takes effect immediately. VA Disability Rating Rule Change “Evaluative Rating: Impact of Medication” – Effective Feb. 17. 1. What changed? On Feb. 17, VA put ...