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 …
Read More »DB-TC’s Janke Honored as Boys Hoops Division Four Player of Year – Monday Sports Wrap
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. …
Read More »State Incorrectly Lists Second Houghton County, First Ontonagon County COVID-19 Victims
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 …
Read More »Copper Country Today – April 5, 2020
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 …
Read More »High School Sports Season Ends – Saturday Sports Wrap
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 …
Read More »The Reason Details Of Positive COVID-19 Cases Are Not Shared
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 …
Read More »Face Masks Of The Keweenaw Needs Your Help
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 …
Read More »Michigan’s COVID-19 Cases On The Rise
Michigan’s confirmed cases of COVID-19, along with deaths from the virus, sadly continue to rise. As of yesterday afternoon, Michigan now has close to 10,800 confirmed cases, along with 417 deaths. Michigan’s Upper Peninsula now has 17 confirmed cases, with 2 deaths. One death occurred in Gogebic County, on March …
Read More »Houghton Community Broadcasting Teams Up With CCISD To Help Students Through COVID-19 Pandemic
Houghton Community Broadcasting has teamed up with the Copper Country ISD, to help students get through the COVID-19 pandemic. CCISD Supporting Kids through Radio was started by mental health professionals from the CCISD, led by Houghton Elementary School Counselor, Micah Stepich. Stepich, went back in time, to get the inspiration …
Read More »Lions Sign Defensive Back – Friday Sports Wrap
Finlandia Finlandia University has signed up two more athletes. Martin Zapata is a soccer player who led his team in points and assists at Cypress Bay High School in Weston, Florida. Jordan D’Angelo is a baseball infielder from West Bend, Wisconsin. has committed to play for the Finlandia University baseball …
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