Dear Heloise: As people age, their speech starts to slur. Consonants soften; voices become monotone. The guttural parts of sound lessen. Speaking clearly to compensate for the loss of these vocal characteristics is very helpful to older folks with tinnitus and ordinary hearing loss. (This was ...
CRIVITZ, Wis. — Wheel Hike Together, an adaptive hiking event, will take place today through Friday at Marinette County’s Thunder Mountain Overlook Park, which is at W14000 Thunder Mountain Road, approximately 17 miles northwest of Crivitz. This park offers 3 miles of mowed, well-marked ...
Dear Annie: I’m starting to wonder if headphones have gone out of style. Last week, I was sitting in a doctor’s waiting room when a woman across from me put her phone on speaker and had a very loud, very personal conversation for nearly 20 minutes. Everyone in the room could hear about her ...
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 ...
Sept. 29, 2026 Traci Moraska, Norway Kyle Mulka, Kingsford
MARQUETTE — The Marquette County Quilters Association will have its 2026 Autumn Comforts Quilt Show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern time Saturday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Ojibwa Casino, 105 Acre Trail, Marquette. This biannual show will feature more than 200 quilts on display, along with door prizes and basket raffles. Admission is $5. MCQA has worked as a team to make a beautiful quilt, “Northern Lights‚” that measures 108 by 108 inches and will be raffled off, with the winner being announced at 3 p.m. Monday, at Peter White Library. The winner need not be present. ...
