Category Archives: Featured

Calumet Hockey Stops Houghton - Saturday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School In hockey action last night... Calumet upended Houghton 4-2 at the Colosseum. The Copper Kings grabbed an early lead, with firs...
Todd Overbeek 3h ago

Michigan Technological University students move onto life after college
Graduation is already here. Tomorrow graduates and their families will file into the Michigan Technological University Student Development Complex. Undergraduate commencement speaker Quinn Riordan wil...
Thomas Fournier Dec 12, 2025

Isle Royale National Park expanding Artist-in-Residence program for America250
Isle Royale National Park will open applications for the artist in residence programs. Each summer Isle Royale National Park invites artists from nearby and far away, young and old, to explore the ins...
Thomas Fournier Dec 12, 2025

Houghton Portage Township Schools receives the MSAFE award for excellent facility management and safety
Houghton Portage Township Schools honors the district's Director of Maintenance and receives the MSAFE Award. Recently HPTS schools announced the district has been awarded the Michigan Safety Awarenes...
Thomas Fournier Dec 12, 2025

Finnish American Folk School programming starts soon before Heikinpaiva
There's a little more than one month before the bear rolls over. Heikinpiv marks the midway point in winter each January. But leading up to the day, Hancock celebrates Finnish-American heritage in man...
Thomas Fournier Dec 12, 2025

Hoops Wins for Gremlins, Kings Boys; Lakes, Hornets Girls - Friday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School In boys basketball last night... Houghton pounded West Iron County 80-47. Terrance Nolan had 32 points for the Gremlins, Alex H...
Todd Overbeek Dec 12, 2025

WNMU-TV recieves $576.5 T to stabilize the station's operations from the Public Media Bridge Fund
Northern Michigan University's PBS television station will receive a $576,500 grant from the Public Media Bridge Fund to stabilize its operations in the coming year. The Bridge Fund was established in...
Thomas Fournier Dec 11, 2025

VetFest 2026 announces date for the Upper Peninsula's largest veterans' resource fair
The largest veterans' services and resource fair in the Upper Peninsula has set a date for the 2026 event. On June 17, VetFest 2026 will attract hundreds of veterans and their families to learn about ...
Thomas Fournier Dec 11, 2025

Houghton City Council approves a commercial rehabilitation district and tax exemption application for the Downtowner Motel
Houghton's City Council approved a commercial rehabilitation district and exemption application from the owners of the Downtowner Motel. City Manager Eric Waara shared with the council at a public hea...
Thomas Fournier Dec 11, 2025

Boys Hoops Wins for Lakes, Hornets - Thursday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School In boys basketball last night... Lake Linden-Hubbell stopped Jeffers 47-33. L'Anse outscored Chassell 91-58. Five Purple Hornet...
Todd Overbeek Dec 11, 2025






