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Three Hurt in Adams Township Crash

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 …

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UPDATE: REA and UPPCO Customers Also Impacted, Power Outage Scheduled for Saturday Night in the Village of L’Anse and Surrounding Areas

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 …

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Superior Health Foundation Names Megan Murphy as New Executive Director

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 …

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Michigan House of Representatives Designates February 18th to 24th as Sauna Week in 2024

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 …

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Keweenaw Emergency Operations Center Public Input Session Scheduled for Next Wednesday

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 …

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Road Load Restrictions Lift for One Week Starting Next Monday

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 …

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Fire Departments Looking to Melt the Ice Beneath the Police Team’s Skates

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 …

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Copper Shores is Helping to Build Bridges Out of Poverty

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 …

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Robin Clark Becomes the First Anishinaabe Woman Appointed to the Michigan Natural Resources Commission

A Sault Tribe member makes history as the first Anishinaabe woman appointed to the Michigan Natural Resources Commission. Robin Clark was recently appointed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer to the Michigan Natural Resources Commission. Clark makes history as the first Anishinaabe woman appointed to the commission. She says she is honored …

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