Dear Annie: I moved 600 miles away from my hometown 40 years ago, but keeping up a relationship with my parents (who've since passed) and my four siblings was always important to me. Family was paramount to my mother, and she instilled that same value in me. I traveled back home countless ...

Trivia and Tacos ESCANABA - St. Joseph and St. Patrick Parish will be having their monthly "Trivia and Tacos" event tonight at 709 1st Ave. S. in the basement of the church. Registration begins at 5 p.m. with the first round scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. Teams of two to six players are ...

Dear Heloise: I want to warn readers about something that happened in my home. I have a magnifying lamp for crafts, and one afternoon, I smelled smoke. Sunlight from our skylight had focused through the lens and started to scorch my end table. Fortunately, I caught it quickly. Two days later, I ...

Wells Lions raffle winner ESCANABA – The $100 winner of the Wells Lions Club’s 52-week raffle for week 32, dated March 9, is Tim Dittrich of Escanaba. Cameron spaghetti fundraiser GLADSTONE - The largest fundraiser of the year for Gladstone Area Schools' Cameron Elementary is this ...

San Francisco rang in the Year of the Fire Horse with its annual Chinese New Year parade Saturday evening, with thousands of revelers cheering on hometown hero and Olympic champion Eileen Gu as its grand marshal. The procession featured drums, dancing and floats celebrating the vibrancy of the ...

Dear Annie: I recently introduced my 62-year-old husband to emojis, and now I fear I've made a huge mistake. Every text I receive -- whether it's "Pick up milk" or "Your sister called" -- is followed by a winking face, a heart and, inexplicably, a rocket ship. He signs grocery lists with smiley ...