Dear Annie: My husband and I have lived in our modest home for many years in a quiet, beautiful neighborhood where the houses have always felt gracious and in scale with one another. We are not extravagant people, and our little house has never been the biggest or fanciest on the block, but it ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Iron Mountain-Kingsford General Federation of Women’s Clubs will host its 92nd-annual Senior Girls Tea at 2 p.m. Thursday at Pine Grove County Club in Iron Mountain. The club has invited 25 guests from Iron Mountain High School and 60 from Kingsford High School. Renee ...

IRON RIVER — The Iron County Genealogical Society will meet at 1 p.m. Thursday in the J. Patrick White conference room at West Iron District Library in Iron River. Wendy Graham will give a presentation on Alvin, Wis., which will include information on Alvin Spencer, whom the town is named ...

KINGSFORD — Feeding America West Michigan will bring a mobile food pantry Wednesday, May 13, to Redemption Hill Church, 332 S. Carpenter Ave. in Kingsford. Free food will be available to all households experiencing food insecurity. The drive-thru food distribution begins promptly at 11 ...

Dear Heloise: I also miss the paper version of the news, but after getting the e-edition for a while, I find that the one big advantage of it is the ability to zoom in for larger print and to print out crossword puzzles. And I can also go back to older issues and revisit a topic. I enjoy your ...

Dear Annie: “Ashton,” a popular boy from my child’s elementary school class, moved away in the middle of last year. A couple of months later, his mom let me know they would be visiting. She asked if I would organize some of Ashton’s classmates for a get-together, and I agreed. I sent ...