It feels great to give to a great cause. Especially when you know those dollars will stay in the local area, and support local people. But before Copper Shores Community Health Foundation can pick up the phone and receive that first Giving Tuesday Donation. The foundation needs to find local …
Read More »Tigers, Brewers Fall – Thursday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School In high school volleyball tonight…• Calumet plays at Hancock, Coverage will begin around 6:10 on the Voice of the Copper Kings, KBear 102.3.• Houghton visits Negaunee.• Lake Linden-Hubbell welcomes Wakefield-Marenisco.• Jeffers plays at Chassell.• L’Anse visits Baraga.• Ewen-Trout Creek …
Read More »Torch Lake Township Creates Recreation Survey with Help from WUPPDR
The Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region seeks the public’s input for the Torch Lake Township recreation plan. Like many communities in the region, Torch Lake has begun working toward developing its five year recreation plan, which helps determine project and development priorities for recreational opportunities offered to area …
Read More »Autism Alliance of Michigan Brings Free Health Clinics to the Copper Country Today and Tomorrow
Starting today the Keweenaw Area Community Foundation has teamed up with the Autism Alliance of Michigan to provide free programming to families. The program sessions with Autism Alliance of Michigan taking place at Michigan Tech University, begin at noon, with a second session at 7 p.m. The group has also …
Read More »Michigan Tech’s College of Computing will Showcase Research into Artificial Intelligence in October
What do Lumen5, Chat GPT, Dall-E 2, and Krisp all have in common? Each are artificial intelligence program used for various applications to make business, research, and life easier. 2023 national news coverage has been dominated by topics surrounding the new technology, and what it could be used for. Coming …
Read More »Bridge Lifts Will Become Easier to Predict After September in the Houghton-Hancock Area
Traffic for the life bridge going up will become much easier to predict at the end of the month. Houghton County administrator, Ben Larsen, told the county commission last night that the U.S. Coast guard recently contacted the county to inform them of the good news “From the Cleveland office …
Read More »Houghton County Emergency Management Seeks State Disaster Relief Funding, Working with Area Townships on U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Grant for Flooding
Houghton County, like Baraga County, will seek funds from the state of Michigan to help repair damage to areas affected by this spring’s snow melt and flooding. This past spring’s thaw was a mix with a period of snow in between days of warm temperatures, causing Houghton County to declare …
Read More »Houghton Harriers Dominate Kingsford Invite – Wednesday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School In high school volleyball last night…• Calumet shut down Marquette 3-0.• Lake Linden-Hubbell fell to Ewen-Trout Creek 3-2.• Jeffers swept Dollar Bay-Tamarack City 3-0 (25-16, 26-24, 25-15).• L’Anse defeated Chassell 3-0 (25-12, 25-14, 25-23). Brooklyn Dompier led the team …
Read More »Michigan Tech’s International Student Diversity Grows in Different Ways
The Parade of Nations will put Michigan Tech University’s international community on full display this weekend. Michigan Tech’s international students are mostly enrolled as graduate students. Associate Dean of Students, Kellie Raffaelli, says that the school’s best recruiters of international students are its alumni, who are family and friends of …
Read More »Grace Lutheran Church Brings Back Porkfest with a Free Meal
Smoked pulled pork, a baked potato, and baked beans sounds like a great Sunday dinner. And even better when someone else takes on the task of standing by the smoker. On Sunday Grace Lutheran Church has invited the community to join them for Porkfest. The community dinner is free to …
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