Decades ago, when consumers went grocery shopping it was usually at a small neighborhood store. The store might be 1,000 square feet or slightly more. Today, a typical American grocery store is 35,000 to 50,000 square feet. Big box stores are up to 250,000 square feet. Back then, upon ...
Woven fabric fascinates me. The art of creating intricate patterns and pictures into a piece of fabric on a loom is still baffling, even though I’ve taken several weaving classes through the Finnish American Folk school, and have woven some of these patterns myself. So a few times I visited ...
Last week I mentioned it was Linda Hamilton’s birthday, one of the cosmic signs I needed to write about her most iconic acting role. In contemplating what to write about this week, I wondered how likely it was there would be a viable actor to use on any given day of the year that I had an ...
HOUGHTON — An annual running event helps bring awareness to the issue of prisoners of war and soldiers missing in action as well as raise money for a local veterans post. The POW/MIA Memorial 5K Run/Walk is being held at 9 a.m. Saturday at the Reserve Officer Training Corps. Building at ...
TWIN LAKES — The citizens of Twin Lakes celebrated the founder of Krupp’s Resort with a party and food as they gathered to honor the man himself, Richard Krupp. The gathering on Saturday afternoon saw friends share their stories with Krupp and the memories made at the resort which range ...
HOUGHTON — A Hancock man pleaded not guilty in Houghton County Circuit Court Monday to a November murder in downtown Houghton. Evan Dixon, 60, waived his arraignment on the charges. He faces counts of first-degree murder-premeditated, which carries a maximum sentence of life in prison, and ...