ROGERS CITY On Sunday, Rogers City High School held its graduation for the class of 2023. Held inside the school’s gymnasium, the event saw 40 students
Beatrice (Brietzke) Schalk, age 99 of Hawks, Michigan passed away on Mother’s Day, May 14, 2023, after a brief illness. The youngest daughter of Edgar and Ele
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Ruth DeWyre will turn 100 on March 4.
ALPENA – This 99-year-old never thought she’d live to see 100, but she will become a centenarian on Thursday, March 4.
“I had no idea,” she said of making it this far. “I have days when I feel pretty good, and then there’s other days … I have Parkinson’s disease and heart trouble.”
You wouldn’t know it by looking at her, though. Poised in a lovely purple paisley dress and wearing lipstick, you can tell this lady is classy. She lives in her own apartment at a senior living facility in Alpena.