The primary elections are coming up on June 9. With information and misinformation coming fast and furious about how and who can vote, it is never too early to educate voters and those who work the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: When I was growing up, my mother was adamant that I learn proper manners, especially at the dinner table. Bad table manners were my mother’s pet peeve, and they became mine, as well ...

Miss Manners: It’s weird that my friends won’t ever give me a knife at dinner Miss Manners: Is it rude to offer your grocery cart to a shopper who’s going in? Miss Manners: Will there be social ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: My local grocery store was very busy and the checkout lines were long. I paid little attention to the lady without a cart in front of me as she spoke to someone on her phone, ...

Miss Manners: We heard that the bride’s father was ranting about us Miss Manners: Every year I get hit with the big, bad cake Miss Manners: They won’t even set a menu until the guests arrive Miss ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: People want to feel loved and cherished. An invitation to share a meal in your home is a special example. So when dinner guests ask me what they can bring, I tell them something ...

Dear Miss Manners: I realize it’s an unpleasant world with unpleasant people who are going to say unpleasant things. But sometimes, you have to get down on their level in order for them to get the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: Lately, I find that whenever I schedule even the most mundane of appointments, I am endlessly nagged by correspondence from the host: “Please confirm Lady Tuna’s rabies booster ...

Dear Miss Manners: I live in a large city, and used to enjoy going out to lunch or dinner with friends. However, the loud music combined with the lack of sound-absorbing materials in restaurants have ...

Re: "Planned closures panned - City Council members, residents express frustration with sudden proposal," Wednesday news story. As an Oak Lawn resident and regular voter at the Oak Lawn Library, I was ...

Sioux Center, Iowa (KIWA) - The Sioux Center Public Library has paused the rollout of a newly approved library card procedure after the State Library of Iowa warned the change could jeopardize the ...

DEAR MISS MANNERS: I went to stay with a dear friend of many years who had moved several states away. Never having stayed at her house before, I was dismayed to find that the television in the main ...