If you still need help recovering from the June flood, assistance is available. The Flood Recovery Project – Copper Country, created in October, will assist Copper Country residents facing long term effects from June 2018 flooding, also locally known as the Father’s Day Flood. Marci Vivian and Dennis Leopold will …

Highland Copper Company has the go-ahead from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality for its Copperwood Project. The DEQ issued the required Wetlands Permit to the company for the mine project in Ontonagon County. Following the release of the updated feasibility study on the project in June, Highland moved forward …

Calumet October 30, 2018 Dolores Schneller, 89, a resident of Calumet passed away on Tuesday morning October, 30, 2018 at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility in Hancock. Arrangements will be announced by the Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home in Calumet.

Hancock Dianne Tepe, 72, a resident of Hancock, peacefully passed away at home Monday October 29, 2018. She was born on August 5, 1946, in Detroit, MI, a daughter of the late Witold and Mildred (Topolewski) Slomka. Dianne was raised in the Detroit area where she attended the local schools. …

Adlegunde “Toni” Sakkinen, 82, a resident of Calumet, passed away on Saturday, October 27, 2018 at UP Health System-Marquette. She was born on February 13, 1936 to Gotthard and Paulina (Bott) Stuhler in Reichmannshausen, Germany. She attended the local schools and graduated high school in Germany. On April 4, 1961 …

Lucas Easterling, son, grandson, brother, uncle and beloved friend, passed away on Sunday, October 28, 2018. He was 21 years old. Lucas loved a lot – classic films and music, video games, playing instruments, and his time in band, JROTC and Raiders at Calumet High School. But if you asked …

ONTONAGON, Mich. – A free diabetes self-management workshop is being offered at the Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital Fitness Center in downtown Ontonagon starting in November to help adults with Type 2 diabetes improve their health and better manage their symptoms. The workshop provides the skills and tools needed to face the daily …

A former Houghton High School graduate is taking part in the Boston Marathon. Now a sophomore at Boston College, Nick Wilson was featured in the school’s newsletter as he prepares to run in the event to raise money for charity.  He is raising money for the American Red Cross and …

LAURIUM, Mich. – Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital and Clinics is partnering with the Michigan Harvest Gathering (MHG) for another year, collecting non-perishable food items at all eight Aspirus locations in Laurium, Calumet, Houghton and Lake Linden. Aspirus employees, patients, and the community are invited to join in the effort to help provide …

Hancock residents will once again have library access before the end of this week.  The Hancock Schools Public Library will be reopening under the leadership of the Portage Lake District Library, which gives patrons access to more resources. “Beginning Thursday November 1st, the Portage Lake District Library will begin overseeing …