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Improving the makerspace

CALUMET — Earlier this year, the Michigan Department of Education awarded a $400,000 grant to Washington Middle School (WMS) in Calumet for its Middle School Advanced Manufacturing program. Four months later, CLK schools is looking forward to putting its improved makerspace to use. WMS ...

Dear Annie

Dear Annie: For as long as I can remember, my mother has been extremely generous with gifts, sometimes to the point of being over the top. My sister and I have always thanked her, while also telling her she doesn't need to fill our cars with presents for birthdays and holidays. Still, she ...

Dear Annie

Dear Annie: I'm going through a difficult divorce after 58 years of marriage to an alcoholic. Recently he told me two things I never knew: that he slept with my sister the night before our wedding and, years later, when they were both in the military, with a friend of mine. I always knew my ...

To your good health

DEAR DR. ROACH: I'm 78 years old and in pretty good health. I walk 3 miles four times a week, bike 8 miles once a week, and lift weights twice a week. Besides eye drops for glaucoma, the only medication I take is 20 mg of lovastatin each day. Due to corneal edema, I'll be having a partial ...

Schedule of Events

Thursday 2 p.m. Poultry/Rabbit Show (Small Animal Barn) 2 p.m. Whispering Pines Mobile 200 Opens (Ball Field) 2:15 p.m. Team Zoom Canine Show (Midway) 3 p.m. Exhibit Buildings Open 3 p.m. Skerbeck Carnival and Midway Opens 3 p.m. Ag Olympics Competition (Horse Arena) 3 p.m. ...

Animal Fair!

HANCOCK — The Houghton County Fair Association was established as an Agricultural Fair 75 years ago and livestock has always been central to the annual August celebrations. According to a press release from Houghton County Fair Association, our county has a rich history of agriculture and ...