Mike Aten is passionate about a lot of things. He adores his wife, his son and daughter. He loves meeting and talking with all kinds of people. But Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly has been his abiding passion for more than four decades. “I love the philosophy,” he says, ...

HANCOCK — Hancock’s former fire hall could become a museum of the city’s history. The city is turning to residents to ask what they’d like to see in it. Hancock posted a survey online last week about the future museum, currently planned to be located on the ground floor of the ...

SOUTH RANGE — The South Range 4th of July Committee is hosting a Valentine’s Day dance on this Saturday, Feb. 11. Committee Chairman Mike Reiner said the dance will take place at the South Range VFW from 7 to 11 p.m. and Slick Nickel will provide live music. The dance, said Reiner, is ...

Most Americans know at least a little about diabetes. After all, an increasing number of us are afflicted with the disease so a large percentage of the population has had some interaction. It’s hard to avoid learning something about it. Diabetes mellitus, the official name of this ubiquitous ...

HOUGHTON — It is a topic many people are not comfortable discussing. That is why the conversation needs to happen. February is National Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. Locally, Dial Help is at the forefront of raising awareness of this. In a Tuesday release, Dial Help stated that ...

Black History Month celebrates the rich cultural heritage, triumphs and adversities that are an indelible part of this country’s history, states npr.org. Also known as African American History Month, history.com states, the event grew out of “Negro History Week,” the brainchild of ...