Category Archives: Featured

MDOT expands fall inspections to include intermittent lane closures this week
Routine inspections on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge will begin today. Late last week, the Michigan Department of Transportation updated the inspection work order and will conduct multiple lift tests o...
Thomas Fournier Oct 20, 2025

Wings Win Fifth Straight - Monday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School On the volleyball schedule tonight... Jeffers plays at Lake Linden-Hubbell. Dollar Bay-Tamarack City visits Ewen-Trout Creek. W...
Todd Overbeek Oct 20, 2025

U.P. Cross Country Crowns for Jeffers Boys, L'Anse Girls - Sunday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School In high school football Saturday... Lake Linden-Hubbell routed Ironwood 64-28. Josh Daavettila ran for 225 yards on 12 attempts...
Todd Overbeek Oct 19, 2025

Copper Country Today - October 19, 2025
On this week's Copper Country Today Program: Host Todd VanDyke talks with Amanda and Daena Makela about the upcoming Wolf's Head Film Festival, and promoting filmmaking in the Keweenaw. Hear the discu...
Todd Overbeek Oct 19, 2025

Tech Hockey Wins in Alaska - Saturday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School In high school football last night... Negaunee buried Houghton 42-6. Calumet cruised past Gladstone 46-3. The Copper Kings got ...
Todd Overbeek Oct 18, 2025
Laurium breaks ground at the site of a new Department of Public Works
Laurium breaks ground at the site of the new department of public works. In February 2025, Laurium experienced a great loss when the department of public works caught fire. The village will construct ...
Thomas Fournier Oct 17, 2025

Costumes, candy, and community take over Shelden Avenue during Treat Street
Halloween takes over Shelden Avenue tomorrow. For two hours the community will rush down to downtown Houghton for the annual treat street. Small businesses will pass out candy to kids, and families wi...
Thomas Fournier Oct 17, 2025

Michigan State University plans to visit 15 northern Michigan and Upper Peninsula towns to meet communities, alumni, and partners
Since Michigan State University was established, the east Lansing campus has been home to more than 20,000 alumni who also call the upper peninsula home. This year the university welcomes 1,400 studen...
Thomas Fournier Oct 17, 2025

Volleyball Wins Abound - Friday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School In high school volleyball last night... Calumet cruised past Westwood 3-0 (25-13, 25-15, 25-13). Hancock got past Ishpeming 3-0...
Todd Overbeek Oct 17, 2025

Cooke, Anderson Top WestPAC Cross Country All-Conference Teams
Houghton's Holly Cooke and Jeffers' Cameron Anderson reign as the top girls and boys cross country runners in the Western Peninsula Athletic Conference this fall. Houghton won the girls conference tit...
Todd Overbeek Oct 16, 2025






