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Calumet Electronics hosting job fair Saturday

Calumet Electronics is nearly finished with its headquarters expansion, and that could mean good news for your career. The company is hosting a job fair Saturday from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM looking to fill 75 positions, mostly in manufacturing. The event is being billed as family friendly. You are …

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Israeli data accurately predicting COVID trends

If you want to know what the next chapter in the COVID saga looks like, look to Israel. The small Middle Eastern nation has a population that is less than the State of Michigan and was one of the first countries to introduce mass vaccinations to its population. Israel only …

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EMT shortage causing some departments to close

Bay Ambulance Director Gary Wadaga knew he was going to be a paramedic from a young age. I actually watched our local – at the time they didn’t have EMTs – respond to my grandfather who suffered a cardiac arrest, and they were able to revive him. I thought that’d …

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Lake levels peaking for year

The Army Corps of Engineers does not expect any records of the Great Lakes this year as we enter seasonal peak. Lake Superior’s all-time mark from 2019 will be safe. Water levels tend to rise until late summer before retreating through the winter period. The trough is reached right before …

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Obituary: Theodore Lindgren

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Graveside services and military honor for Theodore P. Lindgren, 78, will be held 10:30 am Monday, August 16, 2021, at the Toivola Cemetery.The Memorial Chapel Funeral Homes/ Mountain View Mortuary is assisting the family with the arrangements.

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Obituary: Richard Gustafson

As received from the Reid Funeral Service and Chapel: Richard A. “Dick” Gustafson, age 92, of L’Anse, MI passed away Wednesday, August 11, 2021 at Baraga County Memorial Hospital, L’Anse. He was born in Pequaming, MI on May 16, 1929 the son of the late Nels and Esther (Soli) Gustafson. …

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Obituary: Melvin Kangas

As received from the Memorial Chapel & Plowe Funeral Homes: Melvin C. Kangas, 88, a resident of Pelkie, passed away Friday, August 13, 2021, at the Green Tree Health & Rehab of Hubbell where he had been a resident patient for the past two months. Melvin C. Kangas Melvin was …

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Narcan distribution event on August 31st

The local chapter for UP Communities That Care will be participating in a free Narcan distribution event. The medicine is used primarily as a means to halt the effects from a narcotic overdose, particularly opioids and heroin. It comes in the form of a nasal spray. For Houghton and Keweeenaw …

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Obituary: Harriet Jean Heikkinen

As received from the Jacobson Funeral Home: Harriet Jean Heikkinen, age 75 of Baraga, MI passed away at the Omega House, Wednesday August 11, 2021, surrounded by her loving family. She was born September 7, 1945 in Flint, MI daughter to Eli and Lucille (Smith) Jones. Jean was raised in …

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