The Calumet Theatre will be open for public events again Saturday. Staff is planning a grand reopening with guests allowed in at noon. The lights go down at 1:00 for a screening of It’s A Wonderful Life. Admission into the movie is free and snacks and refreshments will be sold …

Adventure Mine in Greenland Township is one of the oldest in the Copper Country and entire tiers have been off-limits for a century. Owner Matt Portfleet says he has been dewatering each level slowly over time. Level Two was done about a decade ago, and now features tours. Recently, the …

Bordered by the two largest Great Lakes, the Upper Peninsula i s no stranger to wide variations in weather conditions. From dramatic temperature drops in the summer time to lake effect snow in winter, meteorologist Matthew Zika says the disparities play out in significant ways year-round. He says that there …

Michigan State Police can now confirm that two people died due to a fire at a house in Portage Township Friday night. The blaze started just after 9:00 at a residence on Valley Road, west of Tapiola Road. The identities of the deceased are being withheld until confirmation can be …

Ryan LaPorte, Justin Rogan, and Scott Heikkinen from the Keweenaw Snowmobile Club talk about what it takes to keep 200+ miles of trails maintained from Toivola to High Point. Meteorologist Matthew Zika talks about conditions necessary for lake effect snow, how real-time temperature and snowfall data helps improve the National …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Daniel William (Dudza) Junttila, 69, of Calumet passed away unexpectedly at home on Sunday January 9, 2022.Dudza was born on September 9, 1952 in Laurium, MI, the son of the late Wilbert H. Junttila and Virginia S. (Peterson) Junttila. Dudza grew …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Linda Susannah Roe, age 77, of Calumet, Michigan, passed away peacefully on Thursday, January 6th, 2022 at Gardenview Assisted living Center Calumet MI. She was born on May 7, 1944 to the late Adam D and Daria (Lukachick) Monik in Kenosha, …

As received from the Ryan Funeral Home: Edward F. Lutz of Laurium passed away unexpectedly at Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital on Thursday January 6, 2022. He was born on November 11, 1962 in Laurium, a son of Edward and Delores Lutz of Kearsarge. He attended local high schools and graduated from …

As received from the Jacobson Funeral Home: Carl W. Mantila, 57, passed away Monday, January 3, 2022, at Mid-Michigan Medical Center, Mt. Pleasant, MI. Carl was born in L’Anse, Michigan to Edward and Barbara (Spruce) Mantila. He attended the Pelkie and Baraga Twp. Schools. After earning his high school diploma, …

Houghton and Baraga Counties saw COVID-19 cases double in the week ending January 5th, compared to the prior period. The two combined for 187 cases. Keweenaw County jumped from one up to 14. All three jurisdictions remain well below the spike seen in the fall, which remains an outlier compared …