Copper Country Today – February 12, 2023

On this week’s Copper Country Today program:

• The group Building A Resilient Copper Country, which is made up of a number of community service organizations, is conducting a survey of residents’ attitudes toward mental illness and addiction. Host Todd VanDyke talked with Michelle Morgan from Keweenaw Support for healthy Minds, Alysa Cherubini-Sutinen from U.P. Kids, and Gail Plowe from the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department. Hear the discussion here.
• Baraga County Prosecuting Attorney Joseph O’Leary recently announced that he would stop negotiating plea deals for those accused of manufacture and distribution of methamphetamine. He spoke with host Todd VanDyke about why he made the decision, and the effect he hopes it will have. Listen to the conversation here.

Copper Country Today airs throughout Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula Sunday mornings at 7:00 on WOLV 97.7 FM, 8:00 on WCCY 99.3 FM and 1400 AM, and 9:00 on WHKB 102.3 FM. The program is sponsored by the Portage Health Foundation.