HANCOCK, MI – Finlandia University Gallery in the Finnish American Heritage Center in Hancock announces its return to spring/summer hours.  Beginning May 2nd, the gallery is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Please check the gallery webpage (http://www.finlandia.edu/finlandia-gallery.html) for exhibition schedule. The current exhibit Finlandia University International School of Art & …

The Calumet Theatre announces its second year of the MONDAY MONEY MADNESS Raffle. Five hundred tickets at $25 each are on sale from May 1st until August 31st. The raffle features 52 weeks of drawings beginning September 10 with at least one winner every Monday for one year – that’s …

Hancock, Mich, April 24, 2018 – The Leapfrog Group, a Washington D.C-based organization aiming to improve health care quality and safety for consumers and purchasers, will not issue a Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for UP Health System – Portage during its Spring 2018 update of national grades. According to Leapfrog …

Keweenaw businesses are putting safety first and taking steps to better prepare for crisis situations. Several dozen business owners and professionals met in Houghton yesterday as they learned of some precautionary measures that will improve security in the work place. As tragic events such as the recent school shooting in …

LANSING — The only Democratic candidate in the race for Michigan’s 1st Congressional District may not be on the ballot. According to a press release, on April 27th, the day of the deadline to withdraw from the Michigan primary ballot, the Michigan Bureau of Elections notified the campaign they would …

An investigation is being conducted into a fatal crash in Marquette County involving a Marquette City Police patrol car. The accident happened just after 4pm Tuesday on M-553 in Sands Township, just south of the city of Marquette. The Michigan State Police say a vehicle driven by 80-year-old Nathanial Carpenter …

A hit and run accident between a vehicle and a pedestrian is being considered a domestic disturbance, according to the Houghton Police Department. Officers were called to the accident on College Avenue near Michigan Technological University just before noon on Tuesday. A pedestrian was reportedly struck by a vehicle, and …

Suzanne M. Anttila, 81, a resident of Traprock Valley passed away peacefully at her home surrounded by her family on Tuesday, May 1, 2018.   She was born on October 2, 1936 in Ferndale, Michigan, to Wilbert and Lydia (Davidson) Sturos.    She attended the local schools, and after graduating …

Kenneth G Snyder, age 64, of Alston, MI, passed away quietly on April 30, 2018 at Houghton County Medical Care Facility, Hancock, MI after losing his battle against colon cancer. Ken was born in Caro, MI on July 25, 1953, the youngest son of the late Paul and Shirley (Putnam) …

Hancock: Ann E. Pace, 75, of Hancock, passed away at he home on Friday evening, April 27, 2018. The O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home in Hancock is assisting with her burial arrangements.