It’s a push to raise awareness and gather donations to ease the need for diapers. The No Child Wet Behind campaign is underway in Marquette County. Organizers say one in three families with diaper-aged kids have diaper need. Diapers collected will go to the Women’s Center and county Health Departments. …

On this week’s Copper Country Today, Rick Allen talks with Congressional Candidate Lon Johnson. In the second segment, Rick talks with Houghton High School and Middle School math teacher John Gershenson and students Noah Gershenson and Yvone Wang about the U.P. Math Championship. Brought to you by the Copper Country Education …

On this week’s Copper Country Today, Rick Allen talks with Wildlife Biologist John DePue from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. In the second segment, Rick talks with Marcia Goodrich and Melissa Davis from the Houghton Energy Efficiency Team. Brought to you by the Copper Country Education Association, the Copper …

On this week’s Copper Country Today, Rick Allen talks with State Senator Tom Casperson . In the second segment, Rick talks with Sam Lockwood from the Keweenaw Renewable Energy Coalition. Brought to you by the Copper Country Education Association, the Copper Country Veterinary Clinic and Lassila Insurance of Mohawk.

On this week’s Copper Country Today, Rick Allen talks with Dorothy Jamison from Aspirus Keweenaw about a new sideline concussion test. In the second segment, Rick talks with Heather French, Director of the joint high school musical–Beauty and the Beast, as well as student actors Hannah Kariniemi and Jacob Mihelich. …

LANSING, Mich. – Gov. Rick Snyder today announced the reappointments of Michael Drewyor, of Houghton, and James Stevens, of Farmington Hills, to the Michigan Board of Professional Engineers. The nine-member board regulates the practice of professional engineers. “I thank Michael and James for their continued service on this important board …

Meet Willie–he’s the robot built by the Calumet robotics team and they will be competing for the World Championship. CopperBots Team 2586 are one of only three Upper Peninsula teams heading to the FIRST Robotics Competition in St. Louis next week and the only one from the Copper Country. This …

The area-wide crisis team continues to come together. The team, being organized by the Copper Country Intermediate School District, has settled on a mission statement and purpose statements. The update was give to the District Board of Education at their regular April meeting. A sub-committee of the crisis team has …

Hancock High School invites parents of all eighth grade students to a very important meeting to discuss course selections for the 2016-17 school year. Course registration materials will be distributed and graduation requirements will be discussed. The will also be a time for parents to ask questions about the Finlandia/Hancock …

Hancock, Michigan—After nine years of dedicated service, Les Cook is leaving the Keweenaw Community Foundation’s (KCF) Board of Trustees due to term limitations. The current Vice President for Student Affairs and Advancement at Michigan Tech, Les joined the KCF board in October, 2006. Since then, Les helped direct over 1.6 …