Local News

Build it and they will come. Today and tomorrow, area resident may notice some large boats docked by the new Houghton pier. This weekend the Great Lakes Cruising Club will host the lake superior rally in Houghton, thanks in large part to the new pier. The club’s Treasurer, Niels Jensen, …

Update 8/4/23: The U.S. Coast Guard and the Oil Spill Removal Organization are on scene near Manistee, Michigan cleaning up a diesel fuel spill that occurred Wednesday afternoon. The coast guard most recent observations of the spill note that the fuel has covered an area two miles ling by three …

Michigan Tech University is Helping Out With Living. The university has introduced a new housing program designed to allow community members and students to connect to find housing in the local area. HOWL for Huskies will let university employee and local residents who want to help students sort out housing, …

The Michigan DNR parks and recreation division will enforce a temporary road closure at multiple recreation sites in Baraga and Marquette counties. One campground is located in Baraga County, just west of Michigamme at Craig lake State Park. A portion of the main entry road, Nelligan lake Road, will be …

Copper Harbor is home to some new residents. Though these residents come from outside the area. While hiking recently in search of the Eurasian Tree Sparrow Citizen Scientist Brendan Leddy observed baby birds not previously in the location. The baby birds mark a significant change in the bird species’ behavior, …

Michigan Department of Natural Resources officers have found the source of the Greenland water spigot, advising the public to no longer drink water at the near by trail-side spigot. Though the agency will continue its search for a safe and viable well site. DNR officers were able to locate the …

Two Keweenaw Peninsula group have received grants from the MI HOPE program to help area residents rreedcue electric and heating costs in their homes. The Baraga-Houghton-Keweenaw Community Action Agency and Copper Country Habitat for Humanity were awarded a total of 750,000 dollars from the state of Michigan to become funding …

Verna Mize saved Lake Superior. Her fight was against illegal material dumping by mining companies has kept the water clean and safe for the basin’s residents. This weekend the local area will celebrate the local hero, with a triathlon involving the water Mize dearly protected. “She saved the lake. And …

The trend this summer across the Upper Peninsula has been hazy skies caused by wildfires in eastern Canada. Recently Michigan passed the anniversary of the state’s largest wildfire in the modern suppression era of firefighting. In 1976 the Walsh Ditch Fire burned over one hundred square miles in the Seney …

When service men and women come home after active duty sorting through veteran benefits can be difficult without the right help. Later today, Copper Country veterans affairs offices will host the Copper Country Veterans Resource Fair at the Calumet Colosseum. Some of the information available at the fair includes a …