It will be a gradual process but Hancock Council intends to slowly roll out online broadcasts of its meetings over the coming months. The subject was brought up at Wednesday’s meeting by Mayor Paul LaBine in response to correspondence from Richard Tuisku, known to many in the area as Dick …

On Wednesday afternoon, around 1:45, a Kansas man suffered significant injuries when he crashed his snowmobile on Trail 3, just south of Lac La Belle Road. The man was headed north when his sled crashed into another snowmobile, operated by a woman coming from the opposite direction. The man was …

Isaiah Strieter’s counsel has requested the 18-year-old defendant be evaluated by a psychiatrist to determine if he should be held responsible for the murder of his mother. Strieter is charged with open homicide after allegedly killing 38-year-old Ashlee Harvey at their Coburntown neighborhood home on January 24th with a firearm. …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Tyrne Allen “Mick” Gadd Mikkola, age 64, passed away despite a lifelong fighting spirit from a swift and vicious battle with pancreatic cancer on Sunday, February 13th, 2022. Tyrne – more well known as Mick or Ty – was born on …

In the coming weeks the Houghton County Commissioners will meet with their department heads to talk about possible ways to spend funds the county will receive from the American Rescue Plan Act. That meeting will be on March 8th. A public hearing will follow, though that date has not been …

Rob Tarvis was elevated from the Calumet Village Council’s number two position to president at Tuesday’s meeting following Brian Abramson’s departure last week. He has been working closely with manager Amber Goodman on the budget, which was the primary focus of last night’s session. Goodman says Ordinance 157 was also …

22-year-old Dominic Zavaglia has been arrested on charges of Aggravated Child Sexually Abusive Material and Using a Computer to Commit a Crime. During a search of his Hancock residence, city police and Michigan State Police’s Computer Crimes Unit were able to retrieve over a thousand photos and videos containing suspected …

Michigan State Police’s Calumet Post has a new leader. Sergeant Edward Zawada will oversee day-to-day operations at the Highway 41 location. He will be responsible for services provided in Houghton, Baraga, and Keweenaw Counties. Zawada graduated from the 121st Trooper Recruit School in 2008. He was assigned to the Calumet …

As received from the Reid Funeral Service and Chapel: Robert W. Ahola, age 63, of L’Anse, MI passed away at his residence on Monday, February 14, 2022. He was born in L’Anse, MI on November 2, 1958, the son of the late Alvar and Lillian (Jackson) Ahola. Robert graduated from …

As received from the O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home: Catherine Marie “Tinka” Niemi, 89, of Hancock, passed away on Friday evening, February 11, 2022 at Canal View – Houghton County where she was a resident patient for the last 18 months. She was born in Hancock on April 6, 1932 to Arnold …