Let's start with a very simple truism: You can't have prosperity without people. Human beings are the most valuable resource, because it is human ingenuity that creates, captures and cultivates all other resources. We as human beings are the custodians and protectors of the planet, not the ...

Sandra Lee Parkila, age 82, of L’Anse, Michigan, passed away on Monday, August 25, 2025, at Bayside Village in L’Anse. She was born on June 21, 1943, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the daughter of Rueben and Hilda (Hansen) Mueller. Sandra graduated from Ortonville High School in 1961 and went ...

Melissa A. Salo, 62, a resident of Houghton, passed away Friday, August 8, 2025, at the Franklin House of Portage Pointe in Hancock following a lengthy illness. A memorial service for Melissa will take place at 11 a.m., Saturday, August 30, 2025, at the Memorial Chapel Funeral & Cremation ...

GILLETTE, Wy. — Carole Catherine (Gaviglio) Haivala, 93, passed peacefully on Aug. 16, 2025, at Primrose Retirement Community in Gillette, Wyoming, while in the care of her loving family. Carole Catherine was born June 14, 1932, in Negaunee to Peter and Mary (Bessolo) Gaviglio. She ...

James Dobson, who founded the conservative Christian ministry Focus on the Family and was a politically influential campaigner against abortion and LGBTQ+ rights, died on Thursday. He was 89. Born in 1936 in Shreveport, Louisiana, Dobson was a child psychologist who launched a radio show to ...

Beverly Joanne Peterson, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, aunt and friend, born on June 10, 1937, has passed from natural causes, at age 88, on Aug. 6, 2025, at U.P. Health System-Portage hospital, with family by her side.  She is now free from pain and confusion.  Mom was, for the ...