As received from the O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home: UPDATE: Interment will be in the columbarium at the Church of the Resurrection in Hancock on Friday, July 1, 2022 at 12 noon with Rev. Father Jubish Joseph to officiate. The Copper Country Veterans Association will also conduct military honors. James A. Fredianelli, …

As received from the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home: Francis Joseph Beiring passed away at his home in Cedar Bay, Michigan on Monday January 3, 2022. He was born on April 23, 1950 in Hancock, MI to Ed and Irene Beiring. Fran was raised in both Hancock and Chassell, Michigan. …

31 Backpacks traditionally holds its weekly sessions on Wednesday evenings, but forecasts call for up to a foot of snow beginning this evening. To get ahead of Mother Nature, the organization will instead have its pack tonight at Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church in Hancock. The group’s efforts are …

Two reports show Michigan taxpayers shelled out billions in illegitimate unemployment insurance claims in 2020 as economic shutdowns drove record numbers out of the labor force. In November, Michigan’s Inspector General warned during an audit that $3.9 billion handed out during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic went to …

The COVID-19 pandemic is putting a popular financial assistance program on ice again this year. It’s almost tax season and the Portage Lake District Library commonly offers assistance to filers in conjunction with the AARP. With that off the table, the main branch is moving to ensure that significant resources …

New Year’s means it is time to take stock of your common vocabulary. Lake Superior State University has a list of ten words or phrases you should cut out of everyday conversation. Without further ado (which almost assuredly was on a list at some point) here are this year’s linguistic …

Greenland’s Adventure Mine is trying to figure out a natural riddle. What is bright blue and found underground in the UP? The question has drawn national attention and Keweenaw Report wanted to know what the process looks like when trying to identify an unknown crystal. A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: James E. Brandt beloved husband, father and grandfather, 65, a resident of Redridge passed away Monday, January 3, 2022, at the Spectrum Health Hospital in Grand Rapids, MI, surrounded by his family following a short illness. He was born on …

As received from the Pearce Funeral Home: Scott William Murphy, 54, passed away peacefully, from heart complications, at his home on December 29, 2021.Scott was born on March 11, 1967. Scott was the second oldest son of James and Sharon (DuLong) Murphy. He attended Lake Linden Elementary School and later …

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Beverly Jukkala of Hancock Michigan passed away on 24 December 2021 at the age of 82 at Lafollette Health and Rehab in Lafollette Tennessee. Beverly was preceded in death by her parents Toivo and Evelyn Jukkala and sister Christine. She …