Grammy award-winning country songwriter Brett James, whose string of top hits includes "Jesus Take the Wheel" by Carrie Underwood and "When The Sun Goes Down" by Kenny Chesney, died in a plane crash in North Carolina, authorities said Friday. He was 57. The small plane with three people ...

CHASSELL — Fredrick Michael Shook passed away peacefully on Monday, Sept. 15, 2025. Mike was born on Dec.14, 1942, in Saginaw, to John Harrison (Shook) and Lilian Christine Margaret (Frank). A U.S. Army Veteran (1965-67), Mike was stationed in Okinawa, Japan. Upon returning home, he ...

Barbara Jo Maas, age 63, of Clintonville, passed away on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025. She was born on July 4, 1962, in the state of New York. She lived in the Cloverleaf lakes area for the last nine years. She was born in upstate New York, where she carried the last name Mihelich while she lived ...

HOUGHTON — Mary Kay Warrick, 80, of Houghton, passed away at Canal View-Houghton County in Hancock on Sept. 9, 2025. The O'Neill-Dennis Funeral Home of Hancock is assisting with the arrangements which are still incomplete.

Yvonne Kauppila, age 89, passed away on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, at Omega House in Houghton.  A full obituary will be published at a later date.  The Erickson Crowley Peterson Funeral Home is assisting the family with arrangements. Online condolences may be left ...

Stephen Kellow, age 70, passed away on Sept. 3, 2025. Born in May of 1955, he was raised in Lansing, spending summers in Eagle Harbor. Steve was gifted in the field of mechanics. During high school at JW Sexton High School, he worked at a small service station - thus beginning his life's ...