Dear Heloise: An article about purse safety just appeared in this week’s St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A woman came out of the grocery store, placed her grocery bags in her car, put her purse in the front seat, and walked only a few steps to the rack to return the cart. As she was doing so, a very ...

Escanaba library open house ESCANABA — The Friends of Escanaba Library will host their annual Back-to-School Open House from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. The event will include a Scavenger Hunt where the young people will have to visit six stations around the library complex to acquire a ...

Dear Annie: I am a 68-year-old Grammy, and I love to do things with my grandchildren. Unfortunately, as we age, our immunity lowers, and we can become sick more easily. We can expose whooping cough to our grandbabies by just holding them. Pneumonia can be deadly, too, along with COVID-19 or ...

Dear Heloise: Martha D., in Southfield, Michigan, missed the point about flowers at a funeral in a recent column of yours. Of course, the dead person can’t “appreciate the beauty,” But family and friends are comforted by the fragrant, lovely gestures of sympathy! — Lisa N., in ...

Wells Lions Club raffle winner WELLS — The winner of the Wells Lions Club 52 Week Raffle for the week of Sept. 1 is Richard Tatrow of Shelby Township, who won $100. Escanaba library open house ESCANABA — The Friends of Escanaba Library will host their annual Back-to-School Open House ...

Dear Annie: I had a seven-year relationship with a man who I thought was the love of my life. I had been married twice before — once for 17 years — to an alcoholic, and I was in a 10-year relationship with a man 15 years older than me. I have one daughter, who is now 40, and he has a ...