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Superior Watershed Partnership is offering grants to educators across the Upper Peninsula. The environmental organization has $17,500 to invest. The maximum award per educator is $1,000. Funding can be used for outdoor education efforts including: native trees/shrubs/plants, hands-on activities, outdoor field experiences, educator professional development, environmental education resources, and more. …

Over the last couple of days faculty at the Copper Country ISD are learning about the newest in school safety and student mental health. Crisis prevention and planning is a topic at forefront in education over the past decade, and discussions have only ramped up since the onset of the …

Have you wanted to start a garden? Well the city of Houghton is opening up their adopt a garden opportunities for 2022. Applications to adopt a garden can be found online. Volunteers with the beautification have worked for several years to make Houghton an incredible place to live, see and …

Update: Coppo is on a paid leave of absence that is pulled from his accrued benefits. He is not being paid in the same fashion as a normal employee at this time. Houghton County Undersheriff Kevin Coppo’s arraignment occurred this morning in 86th District Court. He appeared with his Attorney …

The Parade of Nations’ theme for 2022 is “The World is One.”  The annual event that salutes the diversity of international students at Michigan Tech and in the surrounding community will take place September 17th. Student and community organizations are invited to enter floats or march in the parade. A …

The $4.7 billion infrastructure program recently approved by the state will funnel money to our area, and the U.P. in general. The lion’s share of the money will fund water and sewer system improvements. Republican State Senator Ed McBroom is satisfied with the way that money will be doled out… …

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to ebb in our region. The Western U.P. Health Department recorded just 10 new diagnoses in the past week in Houghton, Keweenaw, Baraga, Ontonagon and Gogebic Counties. One death was recorded, in Houghton County, bringing the pandemic total to 264 in the five-county region.  Numbers generally …

On Saturday the Copper Country Recycling Initiative is celebrating Earth Day. And what better way than with showing people how easy it is to compost. People interested in receiving free red worms compost piles for their gardens can stop by the Portage Lake District Library at 1:30 pm. Be sure …

Flying Squirrel, Woopidy Woo, Bullwinkle, Raptor Ridge, Danimal trails and more will reopen for mountain bikers this year. Last year a variety of Copper Harbor’s high flying bike trails were closed due to the property at the time was under Keweenaw County’s insurance. Work by the Copper Harbor Trails Club …

At 7 am this morning Houghton sheriff deputies responded to a bus fire on Askel Road. The bus driver had just started her route, and no students were on the bus. The driver pulled over to the side of road due to a loss in power steering. Lamars Bus was …