On this week's Copper Country Today: Host Todd VanDyke talks with Oliver Loode of the Uralic Centre for Indigenous Peoples in Estonia and Jim Kurtti about the surprising roots of the Finnish language and culture, and efforts to have Hancock named a Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture. Hear the discussion here. Painesdale Mi...

On this week's Copper Country Today program: Jake Tenharmsel and Gabriela Solorzano of the From the Ground Farmers Collective join host Todd VanDyke to discuss their summer farm markets, and how growers and patrons can get involved. Hear the conversation here. Host Todd VanDyke closed out Recycling Week with a conversa...

On this week's Copper Country Today: Lake Linden-Hubbell School Superintendent Brad Codere joined host Todd VanDyke with information about the district's upcoming millage vote. Hear the discussion here. Host Todd VanDyke talks with Hancock City Manager Mary Babcock about the state of the city, and upcoming summer proje...

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WJMN/WBUP) - White smoke billowed from the Vatican chimney on Thursday, May 8, signaling a historic moment for Catholics worldwide - the election of the first American pontiff in Church history.

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) - On May 18, 1675, the missionary and explorer Jacques Marquette passed away along the shores of Lake Michigan on his way back to the mission he founded in St. Ignace.

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WJMN/WBUP) - To commemorate the 80th anniversary of Victory in Europe Day May 8, the Marquette Regional History Center (MRHC) held its 20th annual cemetery walk in honor of 12 Upper Peninsula veterans and civilians involved in the...

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) - Upper Peninsula police officers are taking to the rooftops of Dunkin' locations to raise money for Special Olympics Michigan in the annual Cop On a Rooftop event.

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) - More animals are out as winter continues to thaw and spring turns into summer. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is asking Michiganders keep an eye out for one in particular: turtles.

MARQUETTE, Mich. (WBUP/WJMN) - Marquette County's Board of Commissioners terminated two contracts at its Tuesday, May 6 meeting with the companies Telkite and Northern Design Works.