On this week’s Copper Country Today, Rick Allen talks Dr. Kirk Klemme, Addiction Medicine and Pain Management provider at Aspirus Keweenaw, about the opioid crises and other ways to treat pain. In the second segment, Rick is joined by Drew Cramer from Fresh Coast Yoga to talk about their new …

The city of Hancock will get a loan of $756,136 from the Michigan State Infrastructure Bank. The Michigan Department of Transportation approved the loan this week to help fund repairs of flood-damaged streets within the city. Hancock was among those communities part of a disaster declaration by former Governor Rick …

The Barbara Kettle Gundlach Shelter Home will be holding their 11th Annual Spring Music Celebration and Silent Auction next month. The fundraiser for the shelter for victims of domestic violence will be held Friday, May 17th from 7:00pm to 10:00pm at Jazzy’s at the Calumet Golf Club. Thanks to the …

The following press release was issued by Feeding America West Michigan: Comstock Park, Mich., April 24, 2019 — Walmart and Sam’s Club have partnered with Feeding America once again to fill the plates of neighbors facing hunger in the Upper Peninsula through their Fight Hunger. Spark Change. campaign. From April …

Rep. Greg Markkanen of Hancock announced an additional April office hour for residents of the 110th district. Markkanen will be available on Friday, April 26, from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. EDT at Keweenaw Coffee Works, 113 5th St. in Calumet. Residents also may contact Rep. Markkanen at his Lansing office at (517) …

The city of Houghton will once again make a donation to the Houghton High School Senior Class alcohol-free graduation party. The all-night celebration is a Gremlin tradition and students come out to help clean the city in exchange for the support from the city council. The city will donate $500 …

When the parking enforcement officer of the city of Houghton wants to keep track of cars parked downtown, the officer will put a small chalk mark on the tire and the curbside. That makes it easier to tell if that car remains there longer than the posted time allowed and …

Local municipalities could be held responsible for replacing water pipes all the way up to a private residence under an unfunded mandate by the state of Michigan. Houghton City Manager Eric Waara explained the rule changes coming from the Department of Environmental Quality—now the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and …

Dollar Bay, Frederick W. (Fritz) Ahola, age 85, retired Houghton postmaster died at home on Wednesday, April 24 following a lengthy illness.   He was born in Hancock on March 27th of 1934.  The son of Frederick and Alice (Aula) Ahola and from the age of 19 months was raised by his …

Rice Lake: Mitchel Knaggs, 67, of Rice Lake, passed away after a heart-attack in Lake Linden on April 24, 2019. The Pearce Funeral Home in Lake Linden is assisting the family.