Dear Heloise: Just read an avid reader’s suggestion about employees/staff wearing name tags so that people can know their names. Why not just ask them? It is more personal and shows that you really care. I read your column in the San Antonio Express-News. — Al S., via email FOUNTAIN PEN ...
Aug. 26, 2026 Larry LaPine, Loretto
KINGSFORD — What happens when a classic sitcom, a live television broadcast and a murder mystery collide? Audiences will find out this weekend when Mr. Black Presents brings “A Very Special Episode — Murder Mystery Dinner Theater” to Venue 906 in Kingsford. Shows begin at 7 p.m. ...
CRYSTAL FALLS — Iron County author James M. Jackson will launch his latest novel, “Niki Unbound,” with a free event at 6 p.m. Friday at the Crystal Falls District Community Library. With “Niki Unbound,” Jackson’s published novels now total more than one million words. His works include eight novels in his “Seamus McCree” series and three novels in the “Niki Undercover” trilogy, which this book concludes. “Niki Unbound” is a political-action thriller following “Niki,” a former undercover operative cut loose by the government she served, as she races to stop ...
MARQUETTE — Well-known pianist Robert Buchkoe will perform a concert of classical music by Ukrainian composers — including Prokoffiev, Gliere and others — at 4 p.m. Eastern time Saturday at the Marquette Federated Women’s Clubhouse. The concert is part of the Save the Clubhouse series and is a repeat of a performance given earlier this year. Admission is free, with donations accepted for the historic clubhouse, which is celebrating its centennial this summer. For more information, call 906-226-7273.
ONTONAGON — The Porcupine Mountains Music Festival, presented by the Friends of the Porkies, will celebrate its 20th production Friday and Saturday at the Winter Sports Complex ski hill of Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. This year’s headliners will be Steel Wheels of ...
