CLEVELAND − Coast Guard units across the Great Lakes request the public’s assistance in combating a rise in false distress calls. A false distress or hoax can be made by phone or over a marine radio by a person claiming to be in distress to intentionally deceive others and cause …

Michigan Tech can add another distinction to their list of awards this year. SR Education Group recently released the 2017 Top Online Schools for Women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Michigan Tech, along with 64 other schools, was listed. Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Jackie Huntoon …

Featuring the best the Upper Peninsula has to offer, the U.P. Summerfest is being held in Houghton starting today. The event is taking place at Dee Stadium 5:00 to midnight tonight and 4:00 to midnight tomorrow. This is actually a combination of two great events–with live music, beer and brats …

Today is Hancock Public School’s Superintendent Monica Healy’s last day before retirement. Healy has been an educator for 34 years.  During that time, she taught sixth grade, served as Hancock Middle School’s principle for six years and combined those duties with the superintendent job for six years. Healy says what …

Maureen M. Wahmhoff, 80, of Chassell and formerly of Baraga, passed away Friday, June 23, 2017 at her home in Chassell. She was born on January 29, 1937 in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of the late Hiram and Edith (Sallogga) Cushman. Maureen graduated from Mount St. Joseph College with a …

Our father, Tony, was a good man, a kind man. A man with a sense of humor, a lover of animals and a person for whom family meant everything. He committed his last years caring for our Mom and when she passed away, it became our turn to give him …

Chassell: John E. Sustarich, 85, a former resident of Chassell, passed away on April 10, 2016 in Macomb, Michigan. He was born on August 12, 1930, the fourth son of the late Frank and Mary Sustarich of Calumet. He resided in Rambletown, later graduating from Calumet High School with the …

James L. “Jimmy J” Emery, age 55, of L’Anse passed away unexpectedly Sunday, June 25, 2017 at his home. He was born in Chicago, Illinois on April 25, 1962, the son of the late James and Amelia (Maki) Emery. Jimmy J attended school in L’Anse. He began fishing at a …

Chassell, Marie A. (David) Saunders, 76, a resident of Chassell, passed away Wednesday June 28, 2017, at the University of Michigan Hospital in Ann Arbor following a short illness. She was born on May 5, 1941, in Marquette, MI.  A daughter of the late William and Bertha (Tyrvainen) Luusua.  She …

It’s time to get your act together!  • CHS Drama Club is seeking volunteer performers to perform in the upcoming Vaudeville at the Calumet Theatre shows.  Open to ALL ages and all types of family-friendly acts. • Vaudeville is variety entertainment consisting of diverse, shorteracts.  These can range from singing groups to animal acts to magicians …