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Hackers never take a break, as the world develops new ways to communicate online, hackers and scammers have taken to what’s known as “Zoom-bombing.” The FBI is reporting that there is a rise in cases of “Zoom-Bombing’ or video hacking. Michigan has seen multiple cases in the past week. Hackers …

Yesterday afternoon approximately 1pm, the Houghton County Sheriff’s Department responded to a reported oven fire, at 247 Second Street in Lake Linden. The Lake Linden Fire Department discovered the source of the fire, which was a dryer, that was full of lint. The family of 7 was put up in …

Today’s the day. Houghton Community Broadcasting teams up with the Copper Country ISD, to help students deal with the COVID-19 Pandemic. CCISD Supporting Kids Through Radio will be on 97-7 The Wolf, at 8:40am, Monday through Friday. A local school official will read a pre-recorded story to students, aimed at …

Did incorrect reporting from the state Covid-19 page give the U.P. an unnecessary and unwanted positive case of COVID-19? That may be the case. The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department, states that a person who was tested in southeastern Michigan, may have somehow wound up as a positive case, for …

High School Ashton Janke of Dollar Bay-Tamarack City has been named the Upper Peninsula Division Four Boys Basketball Player of the Year. The Upper Peninsula Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association also named the Blue Bolts as the Division Four Team of the Year. Iron Mountain’s Foster Wonders was named “Mr. U.P. …

UPDATE: On Sunday afternoon, the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department also reported that the state COVID-19 website was incorrectly reporting a presumed positive in Ontonagon County. The case appears to be a person tested by a facility in Southeast Michigan. The health department is working with the state lab to …

On this week’s Copper Country Today program: The kids are out of school – most likely for the rest of the school year. What happens now? Copper Country Intermediate School District Superintendent George Stockero helps sort out what’s ahead… When we’re cooped up at home… stress levels rise. How do …

High School In the wake of Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s cancellation of face-to-face K-12 instruction for the remainder of the school year, the Michigan High School Athletic Association has officially ended all spring sports, along with the remainder of any unfinished winter sports tournaments. No champions will be named in the …

With confirmed cases of COVID-19 slowly increasing in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, calls to know more information about infected individuals are on the rise. Kate Beer, Administrator for the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department, explained why details of a positive case, are not shared. To date, Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has 17 …

There is a local, volunteer effort to make reusable face masks, to help healthcare workers and those most susceptible to COVID-19. Face Masks from the Keweenaw currently has over 500 members, and is looking to recruit more. Their goal is to produce 10,000 reusable face masks, and to date, they …