Coon Rapids, MN — Ernest “Ernie” Rodda, 92, of Coon Rapids, MN, passed away on April 27, 2024, at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, MN. Ernest was born June 14, 1931, the son of Ernest and Saima (Tormala) Rodda. Ernest graduated in 1950 from Hancock Central High School. After school, he ...

FULTON — Donald R. Rosenberger passed away on April 26, 2024, at the Omega House where he’d been a resident for a little over one year. Don was born on February 20, 1937, in a log cabin in Fulton, MI. He was the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (nee Verbanac) Rosenberger. He attended Mohawk ...

HANCOCK — Lillian E. Kilpela, 97, a former resident of Hancock passed away Friday, April 26, 2024, at the Omega House in Houghton following a short illness. She was born on September 13, 1926, in Hancock, a daughter of the late Oscar and Wilhelmina (Tapani) Poyhonen. Lillian was raised in ...

TORONTO (AP) — Bob Cole, the voice of hockey in Canada for a half century who served as the soundtrack for some of the national sport’s biggest moments, has died. He was 90. Friend and fellow broadcaster John Shannon said Cole died Wednesday night in his hometown of St. John’s, the ...

L’ANSE — William Howard Paquet, age 73, of L’Anse, Michigan passed away on Thursday, April 25, 2024 at Bayside Village in L’Anse. He was born July 29, 1950 in Hancock, MI son of Mylo and Elsie (Ellis) Paquet. Bill graduated from L’Anse High School in 1968. He worked at the Tilden ...

TOIVOLA — Jane Martinez-Naasko passed away at UP Health Systems Portage on Saturday, the 20th of April 2024, and thus began her final adventure. Jane was always on an adventure. Sometimes, it looked like a walk past the zoo in her small hometown of Emporia, Kansas, on her way to school. ...