Hancock, MI

HANCOCK, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) - Simple Kindness for Youth (SKY) works to give children in Baraga, Houghton and Keweenaw Counties a small financial boost ...

LAKE LINDEN — The Baraga Vikings volleyball team had a tremendous regular season, going 26-1, with that only loss coming to top-ranked Hancock. For their efforts, the Vikings nearly swept the Copper Mountain Conference awards, including Team of the Year, Most Valuable Player Elisa Delene, and Coach of the Year Corey Pietila. Ironwood senior Kiaya […]

HOUGHTON — The Hancock Bulldogs volleyball team has had an incredible regular season, finishing 28-2-1 and garnering the top spot in the media poll amongst Upper Peninsula teams throughout much of the season. The Bulldogs won the WestPAC title and coach Brian Lamppa was named Coach of the Year. Along with that success, Hancock had […]

HANCOCK, Mich. - More than 650 people had cast ballots in the City of Hancock by 3:30 p.m. today. All three city precincts vote at one location inside...

CASTLE ROCK, CO — Mary Kay Rasmussen (nee Kukkonen), born May 12, 1932 in Hancock, Michigan, died peacefully September 5, 2026 in Castle Rock, Colorado, aged 94. She was preceded in death by her parents Addie and Jacob Kukkenon, her daughter Victoria, her husband Peter Rasmussen, her previous husband Jack Gregory and her stepdaughter Rachel […]

A 19-year-old Bellefontaine man was seriously injured in a two-vehicle crash Friday evening in Hancock County. The crash happened around 5:50 PM on U.S. Route 68 south of County Road 26. Investigators say Shokhrukh Sharipov, 32, of Novi, Michigan, was driving a Volvo tractor-trailer northbound […]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Andrew Waisanen, a native of Hancock, competed in the Marine Corps Marathon Sunday, Oct. 25, in Washington, D.C. He finished the 26.2-mile with a time of 2:51:00, averaging a split time of 6:32 minutes per mile, which allowed him to place 216th overall amongst the 24,973 runners who competed in the race. […]

Five high school marching bands are preparing for the Kentucky State Finals this week. Owensboro Catholic, McLean County, and Hancock County will be c...

On Nov. 3, City of Hancock voters will have the opportunity to vote on the renewal of the city’s recreation millage in the general election. The...

HOUGHTON AND BARAGA COUNTIES — Winter parking bans will go into effect in all villages and cities in Houghton and Baraga Counties Sunday. Bans in Houghton, Hancock, Baraga, L’Anse, Calumet, Laurium, Lake Linden and South Range will take in effect Sunday, starting at 2 a.m. Houghton Police Department Lieutenant Kirk Mills said Houghton’s Department of […]