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Seniors

Strength training program offered for area adults

FLORENCE, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension in Florence County, in partnership with the Florence County Aging and Disability Resource Center and the Florence County Health Department, is offering the Strong Bodies Program — a free, in-person strength training ...

Senatori celebrates 101st birthday Monday

KINGSFORD — Betty Senatori will celebrate her 101th birthday Monday. Betty was born in East Kingsford, where she raised her five children, Sherry, Dennis, Pete, Lori and John. She worked as a welder during World War II in Milwaukee, while the love of her life, Fred, served overseas in the ...

How aging affects our ability to remember things

NIAGARA, Wis. — I met with my study group today, and we had a conversation about memory and how we sometimes felt that we were losing it as we aged. We cited how we sometimes walk into a room and forget why we had come there. Were we going to get something? If so, what was it? I shared ...

Venditti of Stag Farms speaks at Golden K

By JUDY SIELAFF For The Daily News Kingsford — Winter has a way of slowing life down just enough for us to catch our breath. The world gets quieter, the nights get longer, and there’s something undeniably magical about watching snow fall outside your window while you’re wrapped in a ...

Golden K awards two scholarships to Bay College students

KINGSFORD — A flurry of events and holiday doings had 2025 go out in a whirl. Ushering year 2026, snowfall facilitated a full swing of winter activities. Bring on the snowmobiles, as trails are groomed to perfection. Wax up those skies to enjoy the waiting trails ski trails. The most ...

Striving for more years on this Earth

NIAGARA, Wis. — It is no secret that as we age, we begin to notice many changes in our minds and bodies. Our thoughts may become scattered. I have noticed that if I have something I want to tell my husband, I had better tell him as soon as the thought enters my head. If something happens to ...