Take a Kid Ice Fishing Weekend is Saturday, Jan. 17, through Monday, Jan. 19. During this three-day weekend, any Minnesota resident can go fishing for free if fishing with a child 15 years old or younger. Minnesotans 15 years old or younger don’t need fishing licenses any time of the ...

Dear Heloise: I asked you to remind readers of the environmental harms of tourism travel so that they might consider traveling less. You printed this letter in the Buffalo News, and in your response, you placed most of the blame on global warming and air pollution from fossil fuel companies ...

Dear Annie: One of my good female friends graduated from a rival college of mine. We love talking smack about who has a better football team. When her school loses games, I gloat. One time this year, I said her school had zero chance of winning against my school. I did this level of ...

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Dear Heloise: I’m loving all the ideas that you are receiving about flowers and funerals. I just wanted to give you another idea: A dear friend of my mother’s sent a planter of bulbs for my mother’s funeral this past February. The flowers were beautiful and bright at that time of year, ...

Dear Annie: I have been with a man off and on for seven years. He is my best friend, and I can’t live without him. A few years ago, he stole my stimulus check of $1,200, and he brought other women home, claiming he was only doing business with them. He doesn’t have a job. I’m paying all ...