Hancock’s Laurn Grove Ice Rink is going to look a little like Rockefeller Plaza on Sunday, February 13th when the city hosts a skating party. Refreshments will be provided and all are welcome. Municipal officials just ask that you leave the sticks and pucks at home. The facility is located …

Rochester, Michigan based Circle Power updated plans last fall to locate all twelve turbines of its proposed Scotia Wind Farm within Adams Township. Originally, the proposal was to have a portion in neighboring Stanton Township as well. After both municipalities put a moratorium on any potential development for at least …

Calumet Theatre Company Board President Dan Jamison says he was as surprised as anyone when the venue’s insurer pulled its coverage in December. While shopping for a new policy, the building was closed to performances for the month, hosting its grand reopening with a showing of It’s A Wonderful Life …

Houghton City Clerk Ann Vollrath says she is waiting on final state approval of the new county commissioner districts before modifying where residents go to the polls. When they’ve done that and the Election Commission has that in order, we will make a precinct boundary in the City of Houghton …

The Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration has confirmed that a local man was killed on the job last week. Raymond Bellaire was 61 years old and employed at Besse Forest Products in Baraga. The notification describes the accident. “A 61-year-old loader operator had a hydraulic line break. As he …

Special events for the 100th anniversary of Winter Carnival begin this Saturday. Blue Key’s Ian Lawrie and Rachel May discuss what to expect from this year’s event. Dan Jamison and Jacob Mihelich from the Calumet Theatre tease this year’s fundraiser. Expect an announcement with full details on February 4th.

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: John Eric “Goody” Goodman passed away at his home on January 18, 2022. He was born and raised in Calumet to Ralph and Anita (Vorman) on July 10, 1959He graduated with the Calumet Class of 77. He worked for Calumet Electronics …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Margie L. Vogt, 92, a former resident of the Arbor Green Senior Living community passed away Sunday, January 23, 2022, at the Delaware House of Portage Pointe in Hancock where she had been a resident patient. She was born on …

As received from the Jacobson Funeral Home: Donald Keith Beck, age 90 of Sidnaw, MI passed away on Friday, January 21, 2022 at Baraga County Memorial Hospital. He was born June 4, 1931 in Dollarville, MI son of Walter and Vivian (Newland) Beck. Don grew up in Sidnaw and graduated …

As received from the Pearce Funeral Home: Donald J. Lewis, 89, a former Copper Country resident, passed away on Tuesday, January 11, 2022. He was born on February 26, 1932, in Hubbell, Michigan to W. Allen and Bertha Lewis. He attended the local schools and graduated from Lake Linden-Hubbell High …