Category Archives: Local News

Four of the Copper Country's most fun fall events will come together for one full weekend in 2025. Un the encompassing name canal colors fest, Houghton's Fall Fest, Visit Keweenaw's Brew Street and Pl...

It's the end of another season on the big island on the big lake. Yesterday Isle Royale National Park staff returned from a fun and long season that included many visitors and plenty of work maintaini...

The 12th Annual Ride Against Abuse with the Barbara Kettle Gundlach Shelter takes off soon. The annual event helps raise awareness for domestic abuse victims and each year the ridge against abuse find...

Close to six months following a devastating fire at the Laurium department of public works garage. The village has started working at the site of the new Department of Public Works garage. That's been...

For close to a decade MTEC SmartZone has helped companies and former residents return north. In November the MTEC SmartZone will host the 9th annual online Return North Career Fair. Return North is de...

Determining ways to address affordability in housing, while maintaining balanced growth in a community are challenges that are not easily solved. On Tuesday the Houghton planning commission chose to n...

A Michigan Technological University student will face a misdemeanor malicious destruction of a memorial charge in 97th district court. Avery Brynn Lawrence has been accused of destroying the Young Ame...

Visit Keweenaw's Board of Directors approves a six-month leadership transition plan. Earlier in the summer Visit Keweenaw announced Executive Director Brad Barnett will leave his role with the tourism...

A nice run along the trail can help get the day started. But what about a run on the trail from one end of Isle Royale to the other? Recently Michigan tech's Nordic ski coach Kristen Monahan completed...

In 2019 Michigan passed a law mandating a state school budget gains the governor's signature by July 1st each year. This past July however, the deadline came and went without a budget in place. We've ...