Copperwood Resources Inc. – a subsidiary of Highland Copper – has completed its winter exploration begun in February of a 1-mile section of the westernmost portion of Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. Exploratory drilling was conducted in this part of Gogebic County to see if the eastern extension of a mineral …

Rental licenses in Houghton will continue to be considered after a motion to put a hold on them failed to pass. The Houghton City Council considered putting a moratorium on all R1 Rental License applications at their regular meeting Wednesday. The motion was made by Councilman Buck Foltz and seconded …

On this week’s Copper Country Today, Rick Allen talks with Victims Rights Advocate Joan Roberts about Victimology and Manufactured Memories. RMT In the second segment, Rick is joined by Mary Niemela from the Barbara Kettle Gundlach Shelter Home about their Spring Music Celebration and Silent Auction. BKGSH Brought to you …

Calumet Sharon Harter, 65, a resident of Calumet passed away on Tuesday April 10, 2018 at the Lighthouse of Hubbell. She was born on July 17, 1952 in Laurium a daughter of the late LeRoy and Carrie (Johnson) Fretter. Sharon graduated from Calumet High School with the class of 1971. …

Lake Linden: Jack Robert Wetton, 12, of Lake Linden, passed away at UP Health System Portage after complications from a brief illness on April 8, 2018. He was born in Escanaba on September 5, 2005 a son of Scott and Kathy (Loukus) Wetton. Jack attended Lake Linden-Hubbell Public Schools beginning …

Just how much snow has piled on Houghton County this year? County Highway Engineer Kevin Harju says Painesdale has tallied 275 inches as of the end of last month with Calumet buried under more than 300 inches of snow. Clearing the roads of all that powder isn’t cheap. Harju said …

The Copper Country League of Women Voters spent part Tuesday’s Equal Pay Day on the campus of Michigan Tech, passing out literature and cookies and explaining the gender pay gap to students. “Equal Pay Day is the day in 2018 that women have to work on average to make as …

The Houghton County Board of Commissioners may seek to penalize one of their own. Commissioner Scott Ala became the topic of discussion at Tuesday’s regular meeting when, for the second time in the last few months, Ala appeared by telephone. In his previous phone appearance, Ala was allowed to participate …

Hungarian Falls is one of Houghton County’s most beautiful locations–it can also be of its most dangerous. Steps are being taken to put together a high angle rescue team for when crews must respond to an accident at the falls. Emergency Measures Director Chris Van Arsdale said the team would …

Plans to build an addition to the Houghton County Jail are moving forward as is. The League of Women Voters of the Copper Country presented the feedback they received from the community during three public forums and from their online survey regarding the jail. The League contends there needs to …