Category Archives: News

Copper Country residents advocate for avenues of public participation and engagement
Residents successfully petitioned to keep avenues of participation open with local governments. Recently Houghton county's board of commissioners on Tuesday approved moving regular meetings to 6 pm in...
Thomas Fournier Sep 11, 2025

Calumet celebrates 150 years in the Copper Country this weekend
Calumet celebrates 150 years of history and heritage in the village this weekend. Over Friday night and saturday visitors and residents will get a snapshot of what the village looked like when copper ...
Thomas Fournier Sep 10, 2025 Calumet-6th-Street-Jimmy-Emerson-DVM-Flickr.jpg

Houghton Police respond to bicycle hit and run incident near Townsend Drive
Houghton Police seek information regarding a hit an run accident that occured yesterday in the city. At 1:50 pm the houghton city police department was dispatched to the scene of a personal injury acc...
Thomas Fournier Sep 10, 2025

Keweenaw County Master Plan in-person sessions coming to a close
Keweenaw County has two more engagement opportunities for residents to express thoughts on a new master plan. Municipal and county governments in the state of Michigan create new master plans every fi...
Thomas Fournier Sep 10, 2025

Houghton County Commissioners approve resolutions supporting two developments and the 2025-26 appropriations
Houghton County approves resolutions supporting two developments impacting the area's housing stock. Last night the Houghton County board of Commissioners approved a brownfield resolution for the Lake...
Thomas Fournier Sep 10, 2025

Do no feed bears in Franklin Township
Tuesday evening Franklin Township supervisor Mary Sears addressed the county commission to petition area leaders to encourage residents to not feed bears. Franklin Township has dealt with several nuis...
Thomas Fournier Sep 10, 2025 Bears commonly are attracted to bird feeders for their access to easy protein and fat calories. Food can erode the natural fear of humans that bears have./

Brewfest supports local organizations with a little fun
This year's beneficiary from the Houghton Rotary's annual Keweenaw Brewfest is Omega House. The rotary club uses their members to volunteer and support various organizations with time and fundraisers....
Thomas Fournier Sep 09, 2025

Lake Linden plans Spook-Tember event for Saturday at the campground
Leaves start changing colors, temperatures begin to cool. So spooky times will begin to take over parks, and towns as many prepare for Halloween. This weekend the Village of Lake Linden hosts the firs...
Thomas Fournier Sep 09, 2025

Torch Run's start in Copper Harbor feels extra special with return of Area 39 Special Olympics teams
Michigan State Police took off from Fort Wilkins State Park at noon yesterday to start the 24-hour Torch Run. The event kicks off the start of the Special Olympics season each year. Torch Run executiv...
Thomas Fournier Sep 09, 2025

Houghton County Materials Management Facility will close for routine maintenance
The Houghton County Material Management Facility will close on Thursday, September 11th. The facility plans to run routine maintenance on machines. MMF Officials apologize for the inconvenience. The p...
Thomas Fournier Sep 09, 2025






