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Travel across the Portage Lake Lift Bridge for snowmobilers has been temporarily suspended until more snow falls in the region. Recently the city of Houghton and the Keweenaw Snowmobile Club met with Michigan Department of Transportation officials determining that the little amount of snow on the ground would force the …

Last year Jibba Jabba returned after a near 10 year hiatus. Well residents and visitors in the area won’t have to wait nearly as long to see snowboarders back on Huron Street. Jibba Jabba returns to Houghton to tear up Huron Street with exhilarating tricks, rail slides, and plenty of …

Three women were injured in a two-car crash Thursday afternoon near Atlantic Mine. Houghton County Sheriff’s deputies were called out at around 1:30 to M-26, near the Erickson Drive intersection. They discovered that a northbound vehicle had collided with a vehicle traveling in the southbound lane. The 17-year-old female driver …

UPDATE: ATC, the American Transmission Co are doing an emergency repair on one of their transmission lines at that time. It is completely outside the Village’s control, and the impacted area is larger than the Village’s service territory. L’Anse Township, Aura, Skanee, Herman, and other areas will also be without …

Superior Health Foundation has selected a new executive director that will take over in May. Megan Murphy has been named as the new executive director of the Superior Health Foundation following the announcement last month that Jim LaJoie will retire in the spring. When Murphy takes over in May she …

Using a Sauna to relax and escape has been practiced by Finnish Americans in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula for many years. Now the state will recognize the practice’s importance to Michigan’s communities with an official Sauna Week. Coinciding with National Sauna Week, Michigan’s Sauna Week will be from February 18th to …

Before Keweenaw County can start construction on a new Emergency Operations Center, it will need to gather input from residents. The Keweenaw County Sheriff recently received a grant of $50,000 for its Operations Center with a Rural Readiness Grant. The public input session coincides with the county’s public survey that …

Road load restrictions will be lifted in Baraga, Houghton, and Ontonagon Counties for one week. On February 19th, load restrictions for semi-truck trailers and cargo carriers will lift in Baraga, Houghton, and Ontonagon Counties and will be re-implemented on February 24th. County Road Commissions will have the discretion to review …

Copper Country Fire Departments will look to melt the ice beneath the Police Department’s skates tomorrow night. Pig-n-Heat has acted as the main fundraising event for the Copper Country Police and Fire Relief Fund. The money raised in the single night helps families and victims of tragedies, with recovering from …

After Dial Help, the Portage Health Foundation, and Copper Country Senior Meals merged to form the Copper Shores Community Health Foundation in March 2023, the foundation started Bridges Copper Country as a new program aimed at addressing poverty factors in the region. During a presentation at Wake Up Keweenaw, Copper …