Dear Heloise: I read your column whenever I can. I saved one of your columns, “Tips to Save Electricity,” that was published long ago. You missed a great opportunity to suggest reviving an old practice: hanging laundry out to dry. It conserves energy, saves money and prolongs the life of ...

(Family Features) — While often regarded as the most wonderful time of year, the holiday season is also an expensive spot on the calendar. Even as many families feel the squeeze of inflation and rising costs, there is hope for your budget when it comes to gatherings, gifts, food and ...

Dear Heloise: Claudine from Spokane, Washington, is partially correct about the car key fob communication being able to potentially drain your battery. However, the distance shouldn’t be determined by using the lock, unlock or remote-start features. Those functions have a much longer ...

Dear Annie: My brother has a chronic mental illness. For all his life up until two years ago, he lived in the same city as my long-divorced parents, and there he received support from them as well as from community mental health services. Two years ago, he moved to another city, one he has long ...

Author to speak Dec. 7 ESCANABA — Dr. Andrew Huff, author of “The Truth About Wuhan,” will discuss his book at Bay  College in the Catherine Bonifas Building, room 221, on Dec. 7 from 6 to 8 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Holiday story hour set GLADSTONE — The ...

ESCANABA — Cold candy canes collide with the icy cement. Frosty breath fills the air. A siren sounds in the distance. Warm smells of hot chocolate and apple cider waft in the wind. It’s time for the Christmas parade in downtown Escanaba. For decades now the annual parade has ...