Dear Annie: I’ve been with my girlfriend for seven years and lived with her for four. She wants to get married and have kids. For the past three years, I’ve promised to propose every six months, but when the time comes, I back out. I even went ring shopping but couldn’t pull the trigger. ...

Dear Heloise: I took my dog to the vet and discovered that he had heartworms. My dog is now on medication to kill the worms, but my vet said dogs should be tested annually. Apparently, cats can also develop heartworms. But this is preventable! “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of ...

New Materials at the Marshall-Lyon County Library Fiction Cosby, S.A. King of Ashes De Rosnay, Tatiana. Blonde Dust Fisher, Suzanne Woods. Capture the Moment Higgins, Kristan. A Little Ray of Sunshine Kelly, Martha Hall. The Martha’s Vineyard Beach and Book Club Lamb, Wally. ...

The next monthly genealogy club meeting at the Lyon County Museum, 301 West Lyon Street, Marshall is an afternoon workshop with a speaker. The workshop is 1-4 p.m. Monday, Aug. 4. The schedule for the workshop: 1-2 p.m.: Basics of Genealogical Research, 2-3 p.m.: Speaker available to ...

The Murray County Historical Society invites the public to attend the second Dinehart Holt House Front Porch Concert of the season, which will take place at 7 p.m. July 31 at the Dinehat Holt House in Slayton. The CarKnees is a family singing group made up the Carney Family. They play a ...

Dear Annie: My husband does not like my sister. He says she reminds him too much of his ex-wife. It has now come to the point where he doesn’t want to be around her. This is making it very difficult to see my whole family. They live in Canada, and we are planning a trip there to visit them, ...