The MTEC Smartzone will benefit from more than $1.7 million in funding extensions approved by the Michigan Strategic Fund. That announcement was made this month by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation. The grant extensions will go toward programs across the state the build entrepreneurship, innovation and economic growth. Smartzones, like …

Chassell Spring graveside services for Walter and Virginia Soumis, residents of Chassell, MI who passed away this past winter will be held 10 am Saturday May 26, 2018, at the Chassell Cemetery with Fr. Ben Hasse to officiate and military honors for Walter will also be conducted. The Memorial Chapel …

Calumet: Lois Marie Monville, 73, of Calumet, passed away at UP Health System-Marquette on January 26, 2018 with family by her side. She was born September 27, 1944, a daughter of Edward and Margaret Johnson. She attended Calumet Schools. She worked for Crown Cleaners in Houghton until her retirement in …

Atlantic Mine: Ann Weiler McMahon, 67, of Atlantic Mine, passed away early on Friday morning, January 26, 2018 at the Omega House in Houghton. She was born in Hancock on July 11, 1950 to the late John and Winifred (McGinty) McMahon. Following graduation from Hancock High School, she earned her …

Marilyn Mae Sirard, age 56 of Baraga, MI passed away on Saturday, January 27, 2018 at her home with her family by her side. She was born October 2, 1961 in Oklahoma City, OK daughter of Jackie and Margie (Higginbothan) McCalister.  Marilyn married Gene Sirard on February 9, 1979 in …

Hubbell: Lorraine Bell, 86, died on January 27, 2018. The former Lorraine Kisul was born April 13, 1931, the daughter of Paul and Mary Kisul. She was a lifelong resident of Hubbell/Tamarack. She graduated from Lake Linden-Hubbell High School in 1949. She was a member of Saint Cecilia Church in …

Eleanor Mae Seppanen, age 93 of L’Anse, MI passed away on Saturday, January 27, 2018 at her home on Pikes Peak Road. She was born January 12, 1925 in L’Anse, Michigan, the daughter of Samuel and Margaret (Kipsoden) Spruce. Eleanor attended L’Anse School through the sixth grade. She married Waino …

Dollar Bay: John J. Thornton, 90, of Dollar Bay, passed away on Friday, January 26, 2018 at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility in Hancock. The O’Neill-Dennis Funeral Home of Hancock is assisting with the arrangements which are still incomplete.

Governor Rick Snyder recently signed legislation that gives hunters from Michigan and other states better access to select hunting licenses. “Residents and visitors alike should be able to experience all that Pure Michigan’s natural resources have to offer,” Snyder said. “Hunting is a great way to do that, and these …

A cooperative multi-entity task force created by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is reminding the public about a public meeting set for Tuesday, Jan. 30 in Lake Linden, on efforts to save the important lake trout and whitefish spawning areas on Buffalo Reef. The underwater reef is threatened by shifting …