Linda Kay (Messick) Leinonen, of Lake Linden, passed away on Friday, Nov. 21, 2025, at Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital in Laurium. Linda was born on July 15, 1953, in Elkhart, Indiana, to parents Gene and Melba (North) Messick.     Linda graduated from Jimtown High School in Elkhart. She ...

NISULA — William J. “Bill” Gauthier, age 60 of Nisula, passed away at his home with his loving family by his side on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025. A celebration of Bill’s life will be held at a later time. The Reid Funeral Service and Chapel, L’Anse has been entrusted with the arrangements.

SOUTH RANGE — Gretchen Ovist, 71, a resident of South Range, passed away Monday, Dec. 1, 2025, at Canal View — Houghton County following a lengthy illness. The Memorial Chapel Funeral & Cremation Service - Mt. View Chapel of South Range is assisting the family with the arrangements ...

Judith Ann Korby, age 85, a resident of Calumet, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2025, at the Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital located in Laurium. A full obituary will be published at a later date. Private family services are being held. The Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home is assisting ...

Bill Ivey, an influential folklorist, cultural policy leader, and advocate for the arts who served as chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts under President Bill Clinton, passed away on Nov. 7, 2025. He was 81. Born Sept. 6, 1944, in Detroit, Michigan, Ivey dedicated his life to ...

John Edwin O’Connor of Powell, Tennessee, passed away on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, following a brief illness. He was born on May 15, 1943, the son of the late Edwin J. O’Connor and the late Helen (Scanlon) O’Connor. He attended Hancock Central High School in Hancock and then graduated ...