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When language rubs the wrong way

Dear Annie: I live in a 55-plus community and have met many people and made lots of friends since moving in here. I am not a prude, but I find it very disturbing how the F-bomb and swearing is so prevalent in this community. I’m in my 60s, a Baby Boomer, a Christian and not a sheltered ...

Today’s Birthdays

April 23, 2026 Brinlee Schultz Vulcan David Noyce, Breitung Township

Registration opens for youth football

Player registration is now open for the Central UP Youth Football League. Fifth through eighth graders for the 2026-2027 school year may register. Any child can play in any of the following areas: Bark River, Escanaba (fifth and sixth only), Forest Park (fifth and sixth only), Iron ...

DCCC seeks singers for summer concert

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Dickinson County Community Chorus will begin rehearsals on Tuesday, May 5, for the “Music Under the Stars” concert celebrating the 250th birthday of the United States. The theme this year is “America, the Beautiful.” The Dickinson County Community Chorus is ...

Post 50 to host fish fry Friday

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. Customers will have a choice of walleye, three-piece cod, eight breaded shrimp, five-piece Alaskan walleye (pollock) or smelt. The meals will also ...

Pembine church salad luncheon on Saturday

PEMBINE, Wis. — The Women of Grace Ministry of Grace Lutheran Church in Pembine will have their annual Spring Salad Luncheon on Saturday. Doors will open at 11 a.m., with serving starting at noon. The luncheon program “Sowing the Seeds” includes a presentation on gardening by ...