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The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department have an update on the current status of COVID 19 in the region. All counties in the area have held steady at substantial transmission, beside Gogebic County. As of the September 1st report, the region has seen one death in Houghton county, and 103 …

Isle Royale’s Horne Fire is 75 percent contained. Park staff are continuing to fight the wildfire that started August 10th with a strike of lightning. The national park has received assistance from the Hiawatha National Forest, Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Virginia Department of Forestry. The Horne Fire has …

The Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College will require individuals to wear mask while on campus. The mask mandate encompasses everyone, regardless of vaccination status. And will be applied in the campus’ main buildings, Little Eagles and in OCC’s child care. Masks are available at all entry ways to buildings. Due …

Michigan Tech provided the following update to its employees who work in the Lakeshore Center in downtown Houghton on the waterfront. The building is reopening on Tuesday and the pier construction nearby is not expected to have any effects on its structural integrity. The center’s dock collapsed late in the …

All of Labor Day weekend mountain bikers will visit the Keweenaw Mountain Lodge for the 28th Annual Copper Harbor Trails Fest. The races start Saturday at 10 am and will go all weekend. Vice President of the Copper Harbor Trails Club, Chris Guibert, said that people may know the festival …

The Horne fire on Isle Royale is still burning. National Park staff put out an update to the fire’s conditions today. The fire has burned 429 acres in total and is at 45 percent containment. Park staff are beginning to reopen some areas of the park, though much of the …

Stanton Township Volunteer Fire Department is getting $24,642 from FEMA as part of the agency’s Fire Prevention and Safety program. Chief Mike Pionke says there is no matching requirement and the money allows for Stanton Fire to o ffer potentially lifesaving technologies to area residents that it could not do …

As the first week of the semester comes to a close, you may have noticed the lecture halls in Fisher are a bit more cramped than usual. Michigan Technological University’s freshman class is the largest it has been in nearly 40 years. The group is so large, it has pulled …

Upwards of 2,000 people are expected to descend on Ontonagon between now and Sunday during the village’s 65th annual Labor Day Festival. Organizer Tanya Weisinger says this year’s event is scheduled as normal. Businesses welcome out-of-town visitors for one final gasp of summer on the shores of Lake Superior. River …

The Copper Island Academy welcomed in new student and families on Wednesday for the schools first open house. CIA enrolls just over 300 students, with some slots still open. School Principal, Steve Aho, said that they want to get students outside more. The school is basing some of their curriculum …