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In Pennsylvania the Huskies take on the Nittany Lions. But here at home in the Copper Country, huskies will fight food insecurity. At tonight’s watch party for the opening round of the NCAA men’s hockey tournament, the university is encouraging attendees to bring canned and non perishable food items. Donations …

With spring break for Copper Country students just over a week away, 31 Backpacks is gearing up for its annual effort to make sure kids don’t go hungry… 31 Backpacks is an organization that provides food and personal hygiene products for at-risk kids in Keweenaw, Houghton and Baraga Counties That’s …

Gogebic Community College and Northern Michigan University have announced an expanded partnership to boost nursing education in the region. The arrangement will allow nurses with associate degrees to complete their NMU Bachelor of Science in Nursing curriculum at the Gogebic campuses in Ironwood and Houghton. The two schools have had …

This summer’s Copper Country Volunteer Firefighters Association Tournament will be hosted by the Stanton Township Fire Department. It will be the first time in the 69-year history of the event that Stanton will host. The tournament will be held June 24th. Races will be staged at North Canal Township Park …

The timeline for the potential construction of a utilities tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac has been extended by a significant amount of time. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, has been reviewing more than 17,000 submissions from the public it received about the project during an open …

The shipping season on the lakes starts back up this Saturday, at 12:01 am. Throughout the season the Soo Locks will see over 7,000 vessels pass through the St. Mary’s River, carrying over 75 million tons of cargo. The Soo Locks play an important role in the state’s and federal …

Celebrating the wonderful sounds of jazz music, and remembering a long time Michigan Tech employee. This weekend the Michigan Tech Jazz Program returns with the Don Keranen Memorial Jazz Festival. Don Keranen was the university’s music director, and started the school’s jazz program. Eventually he and the bands toured around …

The City of Houghton will see a significant amount of local road construction this summer. At last night’s council meeting, city manager Eric Waara explained that paving projects were held to a minimum last summer, and the money held over to this year so that some money could be saved …

The Laurium village council would like to make the village hall more energy efficient.  At Tuesday’s meeting, councilors endorsed a grant application through the state’s Financially Distressed Community, Township and Village program to replace the outdated windows and boiler with new energy efficient ones. Keweenaw Solutions has been approved to …

The ice hasn’t quite melted yet, but that doesn’t stop anglers from getting out to catch some fish. Over the past two years, the Copper Country Chapter of Trout Unlimited has not been able to provide as much programming and events as they wished. But the group is ready to …