The following press release was issued by Michigan Tech’s Mark Wilcox of Tech Today: More than 200 local ninth-grade students will engage in hands on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) activities during a new event called A Day of STEM in the Copper Country. The event will be held …

When it comes to recycling, making small changes can often lead to big results. The Copper Country Recycling Initiative is encouraging residents to reduce, reuse, and recycle in a campaign called Don’t Trash The Keweenaw. Recycling advocate Susan Burack says participation includes slight changes to our daily routine such as …

Portage Township in Houghton County is one of four communities in Michigan receiving funds from the US Department of Agriculture Rural Development. The township is receiving a $960,000 loan and $2,040,000 grant to construct a sewer collection system in the Green Acres Road/M-26 corridor. Up to 75 percent of homes in …

Laurium: Jerene J. (Bousu) Salmi, 77 of Laurium, passed away on Friday, March 29, 2019 while in comfort care at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility in Hancock.      She was born on October 9, 1941 in Detroit, the daughter of Richard J. and Eva (Tyvela) Bousu. She loved to …

On Friday, March 29th, Ian James Hosking left this Earth at the age  of 37 years old. Ian was born on July 20th, 1981 to Valerie Le Mieux and James Hosking, in the Copper Country. Ian enjoyed talking about his son and how proud of him he was, rock hounding, …

Hubbell: Ruth Sibilsky LeBlanc of Hubbell, passed away in Duluth, Minnesota on April 1, 2019. Her kind heart and sweet presence were known to many in our small community.  It has been some time, but Ruth’s front door was always open, the coffee was always on, there were always goodies …

Gratiot Lake: Joann Marutz, 79, of Gratiot Lake, passed away at Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital on April 2, 2019. Complete funeral arrangements will be announced by the Pearce Funeral Home in Lake Linden.

Mass City: Jeffrey Trevorrow, 65, of Mass City, passed away at his father’s home in Mohawk on March 29, 2019. He was born January 12, 1954, in Flint, MI, a son of Jan (Marczi) and Bill Trevorrow. He was preceded in death by his mother. He is survived by: his …

Sing Sing, Location      Waino J. Niva, 92, a resident of Sing Sing Location, passed away Sunday morning March 31, 2019, at the Winona House of Portage Pointe following a short illness.      He was born on July 19, 1926, in Keweenaw Bay, MI, a son of the late Waino …

Things are back to normal after what authorities called a “serious situation” Friday at the Upper Tahquamenon Falls State Park. About 9:45 that morning, the Chippewa County Central Dispatch says they received a 911 call from a 24-year-old man says he was at the park armed with a firearm and …