Category Archives: Local News

Graduation is already here. Tomorrow graduates and their families will file into the Michigan Technological University Student Development Complex. Undergraduate commencement speaker Quinn Riordan wil...

Isle Royale National Park will open applications for the artist in residence programs. Each summer Isle Royale National Park invites artists from nearby and far away, young and old, to explore the ins...

Houghton Portage Township Schools honors the district's Director of Maintenance and receives the MSAFE Award. Recently HPTS schools announced the district has been awarded the Michigan Safety Awarenes...

There's a little more than one month before the bear rolls over. Heikinpiv marks the midway point in winter each January. But leading up to the day, Hancock celebrates Finnish-American heritage in man...

Northern Michigan University's PBS television station will receive a $576,500 grant from the Public Media Bridge Fund to stabilize its operations in the coming year. The Bridge Fund was established in...

The largest veterans' services and resource fair in the Upper Peninsula has set a date for the 2026 event. On June 17, VetFest 2026 will attract hundreds of veterans and their families to learn about ...

Houghton's City Council approved a commercial rehabilitation district and exemption application from the owners of the Downtowner Motel. City Manager Eric Waara shared with the council at a public hea...

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...

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...

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...