On this week's Copper Country Today program: Host Tim Peters welcomes Jim Northey from the Copper Country Angel Mission for an update about their back-to-school backpack program and other services. Listen to the discussion here. Rick Freeman from the Houghton County Fair Board joins host Tim Peters with a preview of th...

On this week's Coppe Country Today: Sigrid Resh of the Keweenaw Invasive Species Management Area talks with host Tim Peters about their Barberry trade-up program and other initiatives. Hear the conversation here. Host Tim Peters welcomes Copper Country Intermediate School District Superintendent Jim Rautiola with a loo...

On this week's Copper Country Today: Host Tim Peters welcomes Lauren Lachen from International Cultural Exchange Services about hosting foreign exchange students in the Keweenaw, and opportunities for local students to study abroad. Listen to the discussion here. Members of the Circle UP civic group talk with host Tim ...

LANSING, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) - Michigan health officials have confirmed the presence of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in farmed white-tailed deer across three counties, marking the latest detection of the progressive neurological illness in the state's f...

UPPER PENINSULA, Mich. - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will apply lampricides to four rivers in Ontonagon County this month to control invasive sea lamprey populations that threaten the Great Lakes fishery.

ALGER, LUCE, MACKINAC, AND SCHOOLCRAFT COUNTIES, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) - A new program is coming to the 11th Circuit Court aimed at making the legal system easier to navigate for people without an attorney.

MARQUETTE COUNTY, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) - A group of volunteers are exploring the idea of a year-round community aquatics center in Marquette County that would serve the whole U.P. It's called the Upper Peninsula Aquatics Center Initiative.

ESCANABA, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) - Hereford & Hops Steak House & Brewpub will permanently close Oct. 3, ownership announced, citing an ongoing inability to maintain adequate staffing levels.

UPPER PENINSULA, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) - The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) is encouraging parents and caregivers to talk to their kids about drug dangers as they return to school.