Local News

Houghton Community Broadcasting, along with several sister, co-owned companies, is being sold. Locally, the proposed transaction includes radio stations WOLV (97.7 The Wolf), WHKB (KBear 102.3), WCCY (99.3 and AM 1400 The Lift), along with the KeweenawReport.com website. The transaction still needs approval from the Federal Communications Commission. Here is …

Michigan Tech University has entered a new agreement with a national initiative that will help continue to support Student and Faculty research. Michigan Tech recently signed into an agreement, a five-year cooperative agreement with the National Institute of Standards and Technologies’ professional Research Experience Program. The agreement is worth 5.4 …

The official last day of summer is just around the corner, and before the snow begins to cover Michigan’s beaches, it might be a good time to do a little beach clean up. During September the Alliance for the Great Lakes is encouraging great lakes residents to go to the …

Northern Michigan University reports increased enrollment across graduating classes this fall. The university has seen ten percent more freshmen students, and about a 15 percent jump in both graduate and transfer students. Giving the school a much-needed influx of students after a large 2022 graduating class in May. This fall …

Restoring old and historic buildings can take a lot of helpful hands to get the job done right. Next Monday, a group will need some extra help to help save history in Calumet. Volunteers willing to put in some elbow grease are needed next Monday, September 18th, to help work …

It feels great to give to a great cause. Especially when you know those dollars will stay in the local area, and support local people. But before Copper Shores Community Health Foundation can pick up the phone and receive that first Giving Tuesday Donation. The foundation needs to find local …

The Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region seeks the public’s input for the Torch Lake Township recreation plan. Like many communities in the region, Torch Lake has begun working toward developing its five year recreation plan, which helps determine project and development priorities for recreational opportunities offered to area …

Starting today the Keweenaw Area Community Foundation has teamed up with the Autism Alliance of Michigan to provide free programming to families. The program sessions with Autism Alliance of Michigan taking place at Michigan Tech University, begin at noon, with a second session at 7 p.m. The group has also …

What do Lumen5, Chat GPT, Dall-E 2, and Krisp all have in common? Each are artificial intelligence program used for various applications to make business, research, and life easier. 2023 national news coverage has been dominated by topics surrounding the new technology, and what it could be used for. Coming …

Traffic for the life bridge going up will become much easier to predict at the end of the month. Houghton County administrator, Ben Larsen, told the county commission last night that the U.S. Coast guard recently contacted the county to inform them of the good news “From the Cleveland office …