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WUPPDR Partners with CCSID and G-OISD for the Farm to School Program

The Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region has partnered with Western Upper Peninsula schools to provide fresh healthy food to local students. WUPPDR will work with the Copper Country Intermediate School District and the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District over the next two years to implement the Farm to School …

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Kent County Assistant Named Houghton County Prosecutor

A current Kent County Assistant Prosecutor will become the new Houghton County Prosecuting Attorney. Dan Helmer’s appointment to the post was announced today by 12th Circuit Court Judge Brittany Bulleit, who was responsible for making the selection. Helmer has been an Assistant Prosecutor in Kent County since graduating from the …

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Keweenaw Peninsula Sees First Flakes of the Season

The Keweenaw Peninsula’s winter has come through the region for the first time this season. Over the weekend, areas of the western Upper Peninsula saw a small dusting of snow, before today’s winter weather. A winter weather advisory has been placed on the region starting at 6 pm tonight and …

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Young Americans for Freedom at MTU Start Military Care Package Program

The Young Americans for Freedom group at Michigan Technological University will hold the group’s first military care package program starting today. Over the coming days, the Young Americans for Freedom at MTU at collect items and care packages from the community to send to military service members deployed overseas. Those …

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A Hancock College Student Earns a Scholarship from the Coast Guard Foundation

A college student at the University of Michigan, hailing from Hancock, has earned a scholarship from the Coast Guard Foundation. Aubrey Swain, of Hancock, is one of 187 students in the country receiving a scholarship award from the non-profit foundation for 2023. Swain attends college at the University of Michigan …

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Visit Keweenaw Introduces a New Presentation Series to the Copper Country

Sustainable tourism can have a variety of meanings, but at its core often limits the industry’s negative impact on a region. Coming up soon Visit Keweenaw plans to introduce a bi–monthly presentation series for the copper country that will explore different areas of sustainable tourism. The series will invite the …

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Baraga Landmark Falls

One of the village of Baraga’s most notable structures no longer stands. Late last week, a demolition crew leveled the building on Superior Avenue that, for many years, housed the Side Track Bar. Built in 1879, the building was home to the Side Track since at least the mid-1930s. It …

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Boundary Road Trails Encourages Getting Outdoors with Furry Friends

Just south of Houghton, along Boundary Road, lies the Boundary Road Trails. The small trail network offers year-round access and encourages residents to get outdoors with their furry friends. Since taking over maintenance at the location a few years ago, Trail Maintenance Coordinator Arlyn Aronson, says that he works on …

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DEA National Prescription Drug Take Back Day Tomorrow

Tomorrow the Drug Enforcement Agency’s 25th National Prescription Drug Take Back Day will help remove potentially harmful prescription medications from homes. The voluntary prescription take-back program seeks to help Americans across the country find a place for old un-used medications, that if abused could cause harm to a person or …

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