Calumet News

Four boys, ages 11 to 13, were arrested this weekend for destroying gardening supplies and plants in the outdoor Pamida greenhouse in Calumet on May 5th.

The parents of Emily Nicole Daavettila announce the engagement of their daughter to Thomas John Halonen of Brighton.

Three children--ages 15, 9 and 7---have been arrested in connection with a break-in at the old Stillwaters Assisted Living Home in Calumet last week.

Looking for descendants of Ralph Carlson born around 1919, died October, 1960. He had two daughters from first marriage, I believe one was named Cheryl.

' Neil Isaacson could be bitter. It was almost 38 years ago, one night in June 1970.

' One local couple was so pleased with the work Keweenaw Glass & Door had done to their Hancock home, they returned last week for a set of replacement windows.

' Firefighters fought a grass fire kindled Wednesday afternoon when wind pushed the flames of a burning brush pile into a surrounding field.

G. Douglas Taipalus, 83, of Greenbush, Mich. and Zephyrhills, Fla., was called home to be with his Lord on May 7, 2008. via The Daily Mining Gazette

“What begins as the renewal of a single building often leads to the transformation of streets, then neighborhoods and, eventually, entire communities.”

Michigan Historical Center Director Sandra Clark welcomed developers, public officials, architects, contractors and preservationists from around the state to celebrate the Governor's Awards for Historic ... via State of Michigan

“Please don't try and track me down. I am a respectable lady.”

Better late than never. An unidentified woman has paid off a parking ticket she got in Calumet, Michigan, on September 1st, 1976. via WLOS

“Please don't try and track me down. I am a respectable lady.”

Police in this Upper Peninsula town had forgotten about the $1 parking ticket written on Sept. via WWUP-TV Cadillac

“It has been declining in the last three or four years”

' High gasoline prices, a declining dollar and a generally poor Michigan economy have caused academic researchers to predict that tourism in the state will decline 2 percent this year, but some Upper Peninsula ... via The Daily Mining Gazette

Library Services Millage Increase Should Alger County be allowed to levy .3 mills for 5 years for library services? The proposal would raise $91,000 in its first year. via WLUC-TV Negaunee

“I always just tried to work my hardest, and a B was not a good enough grade. So I guess I just always tried to do my best, and it showed in the end”

Calumet native and former fulltime mom Nancy Kauppila started her academic career with just one course seven years ago. via WLUC-TV Negaunee

Elections will be held Tuesday for local school districts, with polls open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Some municipal issues will also be on the ballot. via The Daily Mining Gazette

“We're concerned about the 3s and 4s because we want to get them to 1s and 2s”

' Part of being a student involves constant testing, and the results of those tests are not only important for the individual students, they're important for their teachers, schools, school districts and ... via The Daily Mining Gazette

A proposal for a new middle school building in Hancock and a request to restore the full school millage at Calumet as well as new school board candidates and current board members hoping to return will be on ... via The Daily Mining Gazette

“With Horizons came great relief to my son and our family. He has consistently been on the honor roll and looks forward to college next year.”

' The little school up in Mohawk has received one big honor. The Horizons High School was notified last week it has received the Michigan Alternative School of the Year award. via The Daily Mining Gazette

“It's a warm, beautiful environment instead of a motel that gives you breakfast.”

Three historic Upper Peninsula lighthouses on Lake Superior welcome guests as bed and breakfast inns: Jacobsville, Sand Hills and Big Bay Point. via Ann Arbor News

“If you feel badly, begin taking Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root Remedy. If disorders of the kidneys are not treated”

About 35 years ago my wife and I, with her brother, Bill Schmid, and his wife, Joan, and our children went camping one summer way up at Copper Harbor, at the tip of Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula, that juts out ... via Peshtigo Times Wisconsin Community Ne...