Baltic — She was our North Star. Helmi Helen Laitila was born in the Copper Country of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and was raised from an early age in Baltic. She was a daughter of the late Elias and Helmi (Moilanen) Laitila and grew up with her two sisters, Karen and Barbara, and two ...

Tamarack City — Robert “Bob” Olli, 71, of Tamarack City, passed away on August 1, 2023, at the Omega House in Houghton, after a courageous battle with duodenal cancer, with family by his side. He was born on March 12, 1952, a son of Paul and Sylvia (Wetelainen) Olli. He graduated from ...

HOUGHTON - Dr. William W. Predebon Sr., of Houghton, retired Professor and Chairman of the Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics, at Michigan Technological University, died unexpectedly at the young age of 80 on July 21, 2023, at UP Health System-Portage Hospital in ...

L’Anse, MI - Patricia A. “Patsy” Lane, age 82 of L’Anse, MI passed away at her home on Tuesday, July 25, 2023 with her loving family by her side. She was born in L’Anse on January 10, 1941 the daughter of the late J. Oliver and Nettie (Bye) Paquette. Patsy graduated from L’Anse High ...

LOS ANGELES — Paul Reubens, the actor and comedian whose character Pee-wee Herman became a cultural phenomenon through films and TV shows, has died. He was 70. Reubens died Sunday night after a six-year struggle with cancer that he did not make public, his publicist said in a ...

HANCOCK — Carolyn “Wendy” (Kaarto) Bertram, who lived in Kohler, Wisconsin, died on July 27, 2023. She was born on November 5, 1940, in Hancock, Michigan to Mabel and Einard Kaarto. Even though they named her Carolyn, she went by Wendy. She was baptized at the Finnish Evangelical Lutheran ...