Dear Heloise: Getting items out during the morning of a yard sale is difficult. This year, we are loading the items in the back of our SUV the day before, so in the morning, we can just back up the vehicle and unload it in front of our house. The lowered back gate can also serve as a table! ...

MARQUETTE — The Marquette Regional History Center will have its fourth biennial Lake Superior Fiber Festival from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, at the center in Marquette. The event will feature colorful displays of quilts, knits and other fiber arts. Attendees can watch several ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center in Iron Mountain had a special birthday celebration Wednesday as community living center resident John Moddie turns 100. An emotional Moddie was visited by many staff members and friends during the celebration. He said he was very ...

Lakeside Fall Fest set ESCANABA — The Lakeside Fall Fest will be from 2 to 4 p.m. today at Lakeside Christian Church, 2300 S. 21st St. in Escanaba. The event will feature yard games; an inflatable obstacle course, weather permitting; and arcade-style Mario Kart on a big screen. For ...

ESCANABA — To jell or not to jell — that seems to be a very important question these days. The sweet sunlight and the refreshing rains have nurtured red, ripe raspberries and plump blackberries. Chokecherries, purple grapes and tart apples hang like juicy ornaments. It’s jelly- and ...

Dear Annie: My mom remarried last year, and her new husband, “Ken,” has made himself very at home — too at home, if you ask me. I’m 26 and still live with my mom while saving up to buy a condo. We’ve always had a good rhythm: we cook together, watch movies, take walks. But ever since ...