Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school football on Saturday… Lake Linden-Hubbell built a 30-8 halftime lead, and held off North Dickinson 46-32. The Lakes’ ground game carried the day, with Nate St. Onge rushing for 151 yards and two touchdowns on 18 …
Read More »Copper Country Today – September 15, 2024
On this week’s edition of Copper Country Today: Host Todd VanDyke welcomed Michigan Tech President Rick Koubek for a discussion about the university. Listen to the conversation here. Kevin Weir from the Keweenaw Family Resource Center updated host Todd VanDyke on their efforts to support the relationships between dads and …
Read More »Gunshot in Lake Linden Prompts Police Response
A gunshot heard inside a Lake Linden home this morning led to a police investigation, but no injuries. Houghton County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the the home near the intersection of Front Street and Ninth Street just after 10 am, after receiving calls from concerned neighbors. They discovered that a …
Read More »Houghton Football Shuts Down Hancock – Saturday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school football last night… Houghton downed Hancock 38-16, in the first of two planned meetings between the teams this fall. This game served as the official WestPAC league contest. The traditional Copper Bowl game will be played …
Read More »Keweenaw Green Burial Alliance Explores Local Cemetery History
There are a lot of decisions to make before death. Including how someone is to be remembered. Traditionally someone may choose a typical burial or have their body cremated. But another option, that has grown in popularity over the years, includes a green burial. In a green burial, the body …
Read More »School Officials Report No Credibility to a Rumor of a Threat at Area Schools
Houghton Portage Township Schools and Hancock Public Schools notified the community that there is no credible threat to districts in the Keweenaw Peninsula. This morning district leadership and law enforcement were told of a potential threat to schools in the area. An investigation conducted by school resource officers and area …
Read More »The Keweenaw Health Foundation Donates $15,000 to Help Restore the Calumet Theatre Chandelier
The Keweenaw Health Foundation donates 15,000 dollars to the Jim Enrietti Diamond Jubilee Chandelier Restoration Project. In Calumet’s heyday, the Calumet Theater housed a grand crystal chandelier inside its immaculate building. Following a fire, the chandelier was lost, and with it any idea of its design. In recent years the …
Read More »Michigan Tech Students Make Bracelets for the Copper Shores Child Advocacy Center
Michigan Tech and Copper Shores met on campus to spread awareness of sexual assault. At the start of a new school year, the university talks with incoming students about sexual assault and rape on college campuses. We’re able to give back to the community. We’re making bracelets so any victim …
Read More »The Parade of Nations Multicultural Festival Brings the World to Dee Stadium
The Parade of Nations brings together cultures from all over the world in one place. The Dee Stadium in Houghton. Michigan Technological University’s international reach has brought to the Keweenaw Peninsula many families, professionals, and students to the region. And each year the university starts the school by highlighting the …
Read More »Volleyball Sweeps for Houghton, Calumet, Hancock and LL-H – Friday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school volleyball last night… Houghton blanked Westwood 3-0 (25-5, 25-16, 25-23). Calumet swept Iron Mountain 3-0 (25-19, 25-12, 25-23). Allie Bjorn had 12 kills and 13 digs, Sienna Anderson 6 kills and 4 aces, Maddie Torola had …
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