Featured

MTU The dates for Michigan Tech’s hockey games at Bemidji State next month have been changed. The Beavers women’s hockey is also playing at home the weekend the Huskies will be visiting. Originally, both teams were set to play Friday and Saturday, December 11th and 12th. To provide for appropriate …

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has issued an Epidemic Order, to try to slow the skyrocketing increase of COVID-19 cases in the state.  The mandate stops well short of the stay-at-home order Governor Gretchen Whitmer imposed at the outbreak of the pandemic last spring, but will still …

Hancock teachers have a new contract. The two-year deal was ratified by the union and the board of education last week. According to Hancock Superintendent Steve Patchin, teachers will get salary increases of 1.5 percent this year, and next year. There will also be a one-time bonus next December, which …

Yet another attempt by Republicans to slow down or stop Michigan’s electoral process has been thrown out of court. On Friday, Wayne County Circuit Judge Timothy Kenny rejected a request by Republicans to halt the certification of election results in Detroit and Wayne County, and order an independent accounting. In …

High School All Michigan high school sports games and practices have been suspended, in accordance with the new Epidemic Order issued by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. Michigan High School Athletic Association Executive Director Mark Uyl released a statement last evening, saying the fall sports tournaments that …

High School Only three U.P. teams remain alive in the state high school football playoffs… • In Division Three, Marquette lost at Muskegon 47-21 Saturday. • In Division Four, Sault Ste. Marie fell to Cadillac 34-14 Friday night. • In Division Six, Negaunee eliminated Calumet 20-19 Friday night. The Miners …

High School Calumet’s football season ended with a narrow 20-19 loss to Negaunee in the Division Six district title game last night. The Kings scored on a 17-yard Paul Sturos run on their first possession of the game. They added a touchdown on a 25-yard pass from Sturos to Dean …

On this week’s Copper Country Today, Todd VanDyke talks with Kate Beer from the Western U.P. Health Department about how our spiraling COVID-19 numbers have forced changes in how authorities are dealing with the pandemic. And, on Opening Day, we get our annual deer hunt update from John Depue and …

A cache of guns and illegal drugs has been seized by investigators at a residence near Skanee. Detectives from the Upper Peninsula Substance Enforcement Team executed a search warrant at the home on the L’Anse Indian Reservation on Thursday. Officials say the warrant was the result of a five-month investigation. …

The COVID-19 numbers in the Western Upper Peninsula have taken a dramatic turn for the worse. Last night’s update from the Western U.P. Health Department includes a whopping 229 new positive cases confirmed across the five-county region since the last report was released late Monday. An additional 50 probable cases …