Dear Annie: My husband retired eight months ago, and ever since then, our home has felt less like a place to relax and more like a company he has decided to manage. After years of leaving early, coming home late and barely noticing whether the bath towels matched, he is suddenly very interested ...

April 13, 2026 Dianne Castelaz-Chiapusio, 80, Norway Tammy Bianco, Iron Mountain Daniel Swartout, Iron Mountain

Dear Heloise: I read your column in the Journal Gazette of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Jim R., in Houston, wrote about people who are eating produce that they haven't purchased. But there is another view on this issue. Purchasing grapes, for example, without tasting them, often leads to sour grapes ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Foxy Loxy Red Hat Ladies will gather for lunch at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday at Holiday Kitchen in Iron Mountain. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Dear Annie: My husband and I are invited to my co-worker’s daughter’s midweek black-tie wedding at 3 p.m. My husband and I would need to leave work early to attend, and I feel it’s a burden to both take time off work and purchase or rent black-tie attire for a warm weather event in the ...