Category Archives: Local News

The MTEC SmartZone helps businesses drive innovation. Last year SmartZone launched its Advanced Materials and Manufacturing Program to assist new businesses grow from an idea into a fully operational ...

On short notice, the Copper Country raises over 3,000 dollars to support Laurium's DPW recovery efforts. Last week the Lake Linden - Hubbell Schools music department worked with area schools, and the ...

The recent run of warmer temperatures has the coast guard warning snowmobile riders to use caution when near ice. Warm air temperatures will cause frozen waters to melt at alarming rates and may cause...

Michigan Technological University was recently elevated to an R-1 research university by the Carnegie classification for institutions of higher education. The designation places the university among t...

CCISD automotive technology students bring home trophies and top honors from the SkillsUSA competition in Escanaba. At the start of February, the Copper Country ISD's Automotive tech program joined te...

Next week Calumet will begin to prepare for the Copper Country's premiere sled dog race. The CopperDog 150. Race weekend has sled teams, mushers, and volunteers found from Calumet on Friday to Copper ...

Laurium's Department of Public Works has settled into its new home. For now. Laurium's village council has many big decisions to make over the coming months. Village Manager Ian Lewis has set out Laur...

The Michigan Tech Forestry Club earns a nomination as an exemplary SAF chapter. Recently the Michigan Technological University's College of Forest Resources and Environmental Science proudly nominated...

With more than 200 inches of snow landing in the Keweenaw Peninsula so far this winter, it's easy to feel trapped indoors. But before the region warms up the Keweenaw Family Resource Center wants to g...

The body of a missing Michigan Technological University student has been located. Today MTU Department of Public safety and Police services officials announced a search has located the deceased body o...