Dear Heloise: I’m a volunteer at a local shelter for animals. We are bursting at the seams with cats, dogs, ferrets, large birds, snakes, and an assortment of other pets that are no longer wanted for one reason or another. We’re not unusual, because there are animal shelters all across this ...

Dear Annie: This is a long story, but I will try to keep it short. I gave my mother a couch and chair as she was in desperate need of furniture. The furniture was my downstairs furniture, and I felt it was more important to give it to my mom. Eventually, she bought herself furniture to her ...

Courtesy photos In the photos above, Holy Name Catholic School elementary students are pictured on their first day of school, Wednesday, Aug. 28. In the left photo, students hold signs commemorating their first day of school. In the right photo, Holy Name third-graders line up for a photo. ...

ESCANABA — If canning jars could talk, what delicious tales they would tell. Some stories would be sweet romances as thick as apple jelly. Others would read like hot, spicy salsa. They would be the mysteries and spine tingling chillers. Dilly beans would sound like comic books and ...

ESCANABA — The 15th Annual Laura M. Hivala Memorial Scholarship has bee awarded for the 2023-2024 school year. This year’s recipient is Ben Johnson of Escanaba. Johnson is a 2024 graduate of Escanaba Area High School and is attending Michigan Technological University in Houghton, where ...

Dear Annie: My husband passed away in April after suffering for many years from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. I was his caregiver for over a year, along with hospice. It was very hard on me. Since he passed, I have been lost, depressed and have a lot of anxiety. I don’t have much ...