Category Archives: Local News

hree foreign dignitaries made Hancock a destination Friday, joining the city's Juhannus summer solstice celebration and sharing their vision for growing Finno-Ugric connections in the United States. F...

More than 75 volunteers helped the Keweenaw Outdoor Recreation Coalition remove 4,300 pounds of trash from the Keweenaw Peninsula during the organization's sixth annual spring cleanup in May. Voluntee...

Calumet-Laurium-Keweenaw Schools is asking voters to approve a $21.85 million bond renewal on Aug. 4 to fund targeted improvements to aging building systems across the district. Heating, ventilation, ...

Juhannus lectures and presentations resume Friday morning after a ceremonial close to the celebration opening on Thursday. The four-day summer solstice celebration kicked off with an open forum inviti...

Treehouse Family Resources is expanding its community programming this summer with new support groups and pop-up events designed to help parents navigate the earliest and most challenging stages of ra...

Canal View, Houghton County's long-term care facility, appointed Dr. Leah Abbott as its new medical director Thursday. Abbott earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Wayne State University and her ...

Pure Michigan marked 20 years of promoting the state's recreation, tourism and quality of life this year - and the Keweenaw Peninsula is front and center in its latest summer campaign. The Michigan Tr...

International presenters have arrived in the Copper Country ahead of Hancock's Juhannus summer solstice celebration, bringing music, cultural traditions and a hope for lasting connections with the reg...

Hundreds of veterans from across the western Upper Peninsula gathered at the fourth annual Houghton County Vet Fest resource fair Wednesday, connecting with more than 90 organizations and programs ded...

A Calumet man will serve a minimum of 57 months in prison after a Houghton County judge sentenced him Wednesday on two counts of criminal sexual conduct involving children under the age of 13. Judge B...