Category Archives: Featured

Houghton County residents urge county commissioners to focus on more impactful challenges in communities
UPDATE: In 2024 MCL 46.410 changed County Commissioners terms, expanding a member's time on a board of commissioners to four years. This included members elected in the November 2024 election. Houghto...
Thomas Fournier Dec 10, 2025

Calumet Hockey Blanks Jeffers - Wednesday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School In hockey last evening... Hancock couldn't climb out of an early hole, and fell to Escanaba 6-5. Powered by Ben Sands' hat tric...
Todd Overbeek Dec 10, 2025

MI-Trale completes several large projects to maintain and improve trail conditions in the western Upper Peninsula
MI-TRALE accomplished several large projects in 2025 to support the trail network in the western Upper Peninsula. MI-TRALE was awarded several grants adding up to $356,330 by the Michigan DNR. All fun...
Thomas Fournier Dec 09, 2025

Author of Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald speaks at Michigan Technological Univeristy
Fifty years later, the Upper Peninsula still remembers when the gales of November came early. On Nov. 10, 2025, many communities, residents and programs marked the 50th anniversary of the sinking of t...
Thomas Fournier Dec 09, 2025

Nolan Sets Records in Gremlins' Boys Hoops Win - Tuesday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School In girls basketball last night... Calumet cruised past Ironwood 66-34. Baraga throttled Bessemer 79-10. Ontonagon shut down Wat...
Todd Overbeek Dec 09, 2025

Copper Shores Community Health Foundation and Superior Health Foundation award $20,000 to support food pantries in the Copper Country
Copper Shores Community Health Foundation and Superior Health Foundation partner to address food pantry needs in Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties. In late November, Copper Shores and ...
Thomas Fournier Dec 08, 2025

The feeling of an old-fashioned Christmas will come to Chassell
With Christmas around the corner, local markets will offer unique items to decorate for the season or offer great gift ideas shoppers can pick out for their friends and family. An annual tradition and...
Thomas Fournier Dec 08, 2025

L'Anse man convicted in federal court for an assault in 2024
A L'Anse man has been convicted of assault with a dangerous weapon and assault resulting in serious bodily injury in federal court. On Friday, a jury in the Federal District Court of West Michigan con...
Thomas Fournier Dec 08, 2025

Ski trails and hills opening across the Keweenaw Peninsula invite visitors
Powder has landed across the Copper Country, and winter sports enthusiasts are ready for the season. Over the weekend, Mont Bohemia opened its advanced-level ski hill in Lac La Belle. The Midwest gem ...
Thomas Fournier Dec 08, 2025 Cross Country skiing at Swedetown

Packers Hold Off Bears - Monday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School The girls basketball season opens tonight... Calumet travels to Ironwood. Baraga entertains Bessemer. On the boys schedule toni...
Todd Overbeek Dec 08, 2025






