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Bridges Out of Poverty with the Copper Shores Community Health Foundation will move into Ontonagon County after the start of 2025. Several graduates have already completed the program. Months ago we started in Baraga for our first getting ahead class there in Baraga. And then hopefully we can get started …

Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school volleyball regional finals last night. In Division Three, Calumet’s season ended with a heartbreaking 3-2 (29-27, 25-22, 18-25, 21-25, 8-15) loss to Traverse City St. Francis.  In Division Four, Hancock won its regional title by sweeping …

McArdle Theater nearly sold out for the first show of The Glass Menagerie. The American classic theater performance at Michigan Technological University is directed by Nich Radcliffe. He says that most directors will take a direct approach to the story. But he hopes the audience in the McArdle Theater recognizes …

Right Start UP organizes a sponsorship campaign in support of the Hancock Community Hub’s Theater. Right Start UP was recently selected as one of 50 causes benefiting from the Copper Shores Community Health Foundation’s Giving Tuesday campaign. Donations to Copper Shores Giving Tuesday in support of Right Start will raise …

Northern Michigan University receives nearly 906,000 dollars to develop a competency-based education option for adults seeking to expand their professional knowledge. On Wednesday Northern Michigan University announced it received a 906,000 dollars Innovation Investment Award from the Michigan Center for Adult College Success. The funding will support the university’s creation …

A downstate man is sentenced to 132 months in federal prison for leading a drug trafficking conspiracy in Mackinac and Houghton Counties. On Wednesday U.S. attorney for the western district of Michigan, Mark Totten announced Charles Lester Knuckles Jr, 31 years old of Roseville, was sentenced in federal court for …

Hancock’s city council met new councilors last evening. During Hancock’s organizational meeting, new councilors Laura Givens and Dean Woodbeck were sworn in by Clerk Linda Kalenic. Councilor Ron Blau nominated Kurt Rickard to stay on as Mayor. Rickard will hold the post for a one-year term. Councilor Whitney Wartsler was …

Opening day starts bright and early tomorrow. Last year’s harvest, while smaller than years past, did offer the Department of Natural Resources important data to look into the 2024 season. DNR Wildlife Biologist Brian Roell says that the persistent warmer temperatures will keep deer from moving around earlier in the …

UPHS Portage has had an exciting year. The local hospital has sponsored several community events. As large as Bridgefest and as intimate as the breast cancer awareness dinner. The facilities have also added several new physicians, including one that never leaves the operating room, a da Vinci surgical robot.   …

With holidays just around the corner, parents and kids only have a few opportunities to find a perfect gift at a great price. One of the largest days of economic activity in the Copper Country occurs after the turkey has been carved, but hopefully, before the snow starts filling the …