A L’Anse woman is facing a murder charge in connection with the death of a toddler. 37-year-old Genevieve Lynn Meyers was arraigned Thursday in the 97th District Court in Baraga County.  Meyers was arrested Wednesday on the anniversary of the death of 2-year-old Walker Meyers of L’Anse, for whom she …

A caregiver has been arrested in connection with the death of a toddler. After a lengthy investigation, the Michigan State Police arrested a 37-year-old L’Anse woman Wednesday on a Homicide-Felony Murder warrant authorized by the Baraga County Prosecuting Attorney. The warrant authorization and arrest occurred on the one-year anniversary of …

A snowmobiler is dead following an accident in Ontonagon County. The Ontonagon County Sheriff Office says the accident happened on Lake Gogebic around 2:30am Thursday. 46-year-old Jill Swarts of Gretna, Nebraska was reportedly traveling south on the west shore of Lake Gogebic, 150 yards south of the Ontonagon County park. …

December 27, 2018 – The Michigan Board of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery revoked the medical license of Jonathan Gale Robertson and fined the licensee $100,000 at its December 6, 2018 meeting for having sexual contact with patients. The Dept. of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) initially served an order summarily suspending the medical license of Robertson for allegations of criminal …

Hurontown Paul A. Abb, 81 a resident of Hurontown, passed away Wednesday, December 26, 2018, at the Houghton County Medical Care Facility in Hancock where he had been a resident for the past three months. He was born on September 11, 1937, in Houghton, MI, a son of the late …

Eva “Elaine” McKenzie had a glorious run of her 101 years. She was born Eva “Elaine” Thompson in Blythedale, Missouri on 7/11/1917 and grew up in Eagleville, Missouri on the Iowa border with older sister Neva and younger sister Mary. Tragically, their mother died in 1920, at the end of …

The North Woods Conservancy is scheduled to close on a parcel of land Friday if they successfully raise the remaining funds they need. Closing is set for 1pm on the so-called Missing Linkage but they still needed $18,000 as of Wednesday.  The property is 546 acres with 3,100 feet of …

LANSING, Mich. – Efforts to construct a new Soo Lock took a big step forward as Michigan and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, have signed a memorandum of agreement officially committing Michigan’s contribution of up to $52 million for the new lock at the Soo Locks facility …

On this week’s special edition of Copper Country Today, Rick Allen looks back to this year’s election season We hear from Governor-elect Gretchen Whitmer, new state attorney general Dana Nessel and new Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson. Whitmer Nessel Benson Rick is also joined by Congressman Jack Bergman, newly elected …

UPDATE: Houghton: John J. Bodi, a resident of the Bluffs in Houghton since 2012, passed away on December 21, 2018. Graveside services with the Copper Country Veterans Association conducting military honors will be held in Section 2 of Lakeside Cemetery in Hancock on Saturday, May 25, 2019 at 3:00 pm.  …