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Missing Hikers Found Safe In The Porcupine Mountains

The Ontonagon County Sheriff’s Office says they received a call after midnight on Saturday morning from a Houghton man telling him that that his wife 3 kids and another adult female were overdue. He stated that they left Houghton at 9:30am on Friday to the Porcupine Mountains for a day hike. Sheriff’s …

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Copper Harbor Celebrates Oktoberfest

Oktoberfest is a 16 day celebration in Germany, but in Copper Harbor there’s only one. Friends and Family gathered at the Historic Keweenaw Mountain Lodge to celebrate German tradition, and had a great time doing it. The Keweenaw Mountain Lodge’s General Manager and Event Coordinator, Alyssa Bakun says,“We started it …

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Public Invited To Fill Out Hancock Recreational Survey

What would you like to see for recreational opportunities in Hancock? That’s what city officials and the Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region would like to know. The 2015 Recreation User and Citizen Survey is now available and the results would be used in formulating the city’s five year …

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Dems Rally to Move Domestic Violence Bills

Democrats in the Michigan House are using October, which is domestic violence awareness month, to draw attention to a handful of domestic violence bills they want to gain more traction. State Representative Winnie Brinks says the legislation isn’t getting caught up in party politics, it just isn’t moving. The bills, …

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State Scores Low In Financial Literacy Education

Michigan is getting poor marks for its efforts to improve financial literacy education, so a bill is working its way through the legislature to do just that. The legislation, sponsored by State Representative Jim Tedder, would allow for a personal economics or financial literacy course to be taken as an …

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