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Kaleidoscope Keweenaw helps parents and kids have a safe place to learn and spend time after school, while parents are working. The local nonprofit organization has already started many of its after-school clubs for the year, at both its Hancock and L’Anse locations. The group offers a variety of clubs …

The 14th annual Chelsey LaFernier Memorial Walk started with a crowd, led by a domestic violence awareness banner, walking about two miles to the Niiwin Akeea Center. Their friends and families shared a meal and heard from Heather Syrette and Waabano. Syrette spoke about some of the systemic issues victims …

UPPCO would like to make Upper Peninsula customers aware of reports of an energy bill scam. In the past week, UPPCO was contacted by several customers, who were approached by individuals requesting a copy of their energy bill and falsely representing the company. UPPCO says that scammers are expanding their …

The Houghton County Court House elevator will receive maintenance starting tomorrow and will be out of service for about one week. The Thyssen Krupp Modernization team will be on-site at the courthouse working to bring the equipment to 2023 standards. Any citizen or county guest with an ADA compliance concern …

The most effective fire department is one that is rarely needed. This week marks the annual fire prevention week for the city of Houghton. Each Fall members of the Houghton Fire Department provide fire education to the local school district through fire prevention classes. As well as provides programming to …

Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School Local high school cross country teams will run at the Houghton Invitational on the Tech Trails this afternoon. College Soccer The NMU men’s soccer team played Purdue Northwest to a 0-0 draw yesterday. NBA The Pistons opened their NBA …

Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School In high school football Saturday…• Lake Linden-Hubbell opened an early lead, and cruised past Ironwood 48-12. The Lakes led 40-0 at the end of the first quarter, and played reserves much of the rest of the game. Danny Marcotte …

On this week’s Copper Country Today: Host Todd VanDyke talks with Hancock City Manager Mary Babcock about summer activities, a flurry of proposed new housing in the city, and the prospect of purchasing several Finlandia University buildings. Listen to the discussion here. Houghton City Manager Eric Waara talks with host …

Today’s rain has slowed the advance of the wildfire that broke out Wednesday in western Marquette County. Ottawa National Forest officials report that the fire area has not expanded since last night. It remains localized to the northeast side of the McCormick Wilderness east of Yellow Dog River. A section …

Happy Plaidurday Upper Peninsula! It’s a great day to break a record. Earlier today, Visit Keweenaw and the City of Houghton invited the Copper Country to show their Paidurday pride and join at Houghton High School for a chance to break a world record. currently the record for the most …