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Food trucks are the ultimate summer treat

ESCANABA — Food trucks are the ultimate summer treat. When it’s too hot to cook, too nice to stay indoors, and too busy to shop for groceries, a food truck is the perfect answer. The Delta County area is fortunate to be the home of several fantastic food trucks. How about some fresh ...

Try this cockroach solution

Dear Heloise: I keep a spray bottle filled with isopropyl alcohol that is set to shoot a stream — not a mist — at any cockroaches I see in my house. The alcohol is absorbed through their exoskeleton and internalized so that they quickly die. Any overspray of alcohol evaporates unlike ...

Same secret shatters our second chance

Dear Annie: My husband and I have been married nearly 15 years and have three young children. Until about five years ago, I would have described our marriage as good. Then he suffered an injury that left him with chronic pain and depression and caused him to emotionally withdraw from me — ...

Briefs for Friday, Aug. 8, 2025

Delta Coin Club meeting ESCANABA — The next meeting of the Delta Coin Club is set for Tuesday, Aug. 12, at 5 p.m. in room 961 of the Joseph Heirman University Center Building at Bay College. Venders are being sought for the upcoming show on Saturday, Aug. 16. For more information, call ...

First Sergeant Calvin Butts retires from the United States Army

ESCANABA — After more than two decades of courageous service, First Sergeant Calvin Butts retired from the United States Army, closing the chapter on a military career marked by extraordinary heroism, sacrifice, and leadership. Calvin held the rank of First Sergeant (E-8) for 47 months on ...

Reusing greeting cards for notes

Dear Heloise: Like Carolyn, in Dayton, Ohio, I also like to reuse items. I use the back of greeting cards for lists and notes. They are pretty and easy to find in your purse. (I know, I know, this is what phones are for, but are they ever handy? Mine are always in another room.) — Bonnie ...