What better way to enjoy a day of rest from our labors than to take a five-mile walk? UP Health System—Portage is invited people to join in on their annual Labor Day Bridge Walk on Monday. The walk begins at 8:15am at the Kestner Waterfront Park in Houghton, with the …

A new confidential, 24-hour sexual assault hotline is now available to provide crisis support and referrals to survivors and their friends and family. “The launch of this hotline is the latest – and one of the most important – steps in Michigan’s efforts to support survivors of sexual assault as …

The Upper Peninsula will be represented by at least two voices on the new Environmental Permit Review Commission. The commission was created to act in an advisory capacity within the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality. The commission is comprised of 15 members appointed by the Governor with experience in engineering, …

There are a lot of questions surrounding the upcoming closure of the Ojibway Correctional Facility in Gogebic County. Some of those questions can be answered thanks to documentation just released from the State of Michigan. State Representative Scott Dianda has already requested that a performance audit of the Michigan Department …

Just days after Detectives from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team arrested two suspected meth dealers in Ontonagon County, law enforcement executed another drug bust, this time in Marquette County. During the course of the investigation into the sale of crystal meth Tuesday, UPSET detectives obtained a search warrant for …

Detectives assigned to the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team (UPSET) arrested two individuals Saturday on felony arrests warrants for delivery of methamphetamine. The warrants were issued by the Ontonagon County Prosecutor’s office.  A 39 year old Ontonagon man and a 29 year old man from Houghton were lodged in the …

Ramona Estelle LeClaire, age 83, of L’Anse, passed away Tuesday, August 21, 2018 after a long illness, at the Lighthouse of Hancock. She was born on August 22, 1934, the daughter of the late Peter and Stella (Rock) Getzen. Ramona graduate from Baraga High School in 1952. She had worked …

Cross Plains, WI: Lesley E. “Les” Hinkle, 56, of Cross Plains, Wisconsin, formerly of Hancock, passed away unexpectedly on Friday August 24, 2018 in Madison, Wisconsin. In 1966 at the age of four, he and his family moved to live in Ripley. Les attended Hancock Schools and graduated from Hancock …

Florence Anna Kunick, celebrating 103 years of life, of Baraga, MI passed away on Sunday, August 26, 2018 at Baraga County Memorial Hospital surrounded by her loving family. She was born August 12, 1915 in Calvin, North Dakota daughter to Joseph and Dora (Wetheralt) Sipe. Florence was lived in North …

William G. Haller, 76, “Bill” passed away at home on August 27, 2018. He is survived by his wife, Eloise; daughter Stephanie of Portland, OR; stepsons Darren Olson (Amy) of Chicago, IL and Garrett Olson (Cathleen) of River Forest, IL; and his beloved step grandchildren Alessia, Bruno, Jonathan, and Julia. …