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Briefs for Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025

St. Anthony raffle winner ESCANABA — Kim Nelson of Cornell is the winner of the St. Anthony of Padua calendar raffle for Dec. 15, receiving $100. Steak Feed in Gladstone GLADSTONE — Gladstone American Legion Post 71 will serve a Steak Feed dinner from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the ...

Blah marriage begs for some spicing up

Dear Annie: I’m at a stage in my life where personal growth has taken hold in the absence of my husband. My husband is still here and alive, but he frequently travels for work, and I am often left to my own devices for days at a time as a stay-at-home mom of two young boys. I’ve taken to ...

Investigating whether vaccine side effects are underreported

DEAR DR. ROACH: You recently posted a couple of articles about the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) vaccine and the benefits versus the risks. I know the risks are based on data. But I wonder how many people have severe reactions to the vaccine, and it doesn’t get reported because they ...

Nesting dishes and silverware

Dear Heloise: Thank you for the time-saving, informative and interesting hints that you and your faithful readers have been providing us with for years. Recently, there have been a couple of suggestions regarding loading the dishwasher, and I would like to add my two cents. As a family of ...

Briefs for Monday, Dec. 15, 2025

Y to host Parents Night Out ESCANABA — The Northern Lights YMCA will host a Parents Night Out from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday in the multipurpose room of the YMCA, 2000 N. 30th St. in Escanaba. They will offer crafts, pizza, popcorn and a Christmas movie for children ages 5 to 10, with those ...

Caught between daughter and granddaughter

Dear Annie: My daughter, 31, left home at 19 to attend university. Within weeks, she began dating a boy she’d met through the school’s Facebook group. Coming from our cultural background, we weren’t comfortable with relationships outside marriage, but after two years, she moved in with ...