Dear Annie: My best friend has become impossible to make plans with. She says yes to everything, then cancels at the last minute with a vague excuse. Sometimes she says she is “too tired,” other times she says work got crazy, and once she forgot completely until I texted from the restaurant ...

ESCANABA — Dr. Thad Strom, associate director of the Oscar G. Johnson VA Healthcare System, was selected for the Bay College 2026 Distinguished Alumni of the Year Award, honoring his leadership, service and lasting impact on veterans' health care and the Upper Peninsula community. A ...

June 10, 2026 Dawn Wolfe, Kingsford

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Dickinson County Library this summer will present Botvin LifeSkills Training, an evidence-based substance abuse and violence prevention program for youth. Even one series of LST has been proven to achieve measurable positive effects, but multi-session grade level ...

COLEMAN, Wis. — Coleman-Pound Library and Northern Lights Master Gardener Association will offer a free presentation about gardening at 2 p.m. today at the Coleman-Pound Library, 123 W. Main St. in Coleman. Master Gardener Linda Warren will discuss growing vegetables, landscape perennials, ...

Dear Heloise: #0000 steel wool won’t scratch glass. It’s also the best thing for cleaning up chrome that is rusty and pitted. It can make things look almost like new. (I collect British sports cars from the ’50s and ’60s. You learn all kinds of tricks.) I’m a 70-year-old man who read ...