Category Archives: Featured

Locavore Festival seeks vendors for the 2026 fun at the Houghton Waterfront Pier
The City of Houghton seeks vendors for the 2026 Locavore festival. The city of Houghton has helped kick off the Copper Country's annual farmer's market season with a fun festival at the waterfront pie...
Thomas Fournier 2h ago

Community Impact Fund supports SSAR's K-9 search team
Keweenaw Community Health Foundation will support Superior Search and Rescue's K-9 search team with a grant award. Recently, the Superior Search and Rescue group announced it has received a $5,000 gra...
Thomas Fournier 2h ago

Community Nutrition Survey informs programming needs in the Copper Country
Copper Shores Community Health Foundation wants to know what has kept the community from reaching its nutrition goals. In 2023, the foundation collected responses from the first community nutrition su...
Thomas Fournier 6h ago

Tech Men Fall in NCAA Hoops Quarterfinal - Thursday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for more details. College Basketball The Michigan Tech men's basketball team ended the longest NCAA tournament run in program history with a 75-49 loss to Gannon in yes...
Todd Overbeek 9h ago

Used-book sale supports the Van Pelt & Opie Library
The Friends of the Michigan Tech Library will host its used book sale, offering entertainment options for readers while supporting student success. The sale opens tonight for members and students on c...
Thomas Fournier 21h ago

Bright Futures Fair helps students explore future education opportunities
Seniors graduating at the end of spring will gear up to begin college during an upcoming festival. In April, MTU GEAR UP and TRIO precollege programs host the Bright Futures Fair with the Copper Count...
Thomas Fournier Mar 25, 2026

Copper Country Trout Unlimited reintroduces the chapter to the wider Keweenaw Peninsula communities
For close to 100 years, Trout Unlimited chapters across the United States have protected cold water ecosystems with conservation efforts. These local chapters organize groups of residents from a wide ...
Thomas Fournier Mar 25, 2026

Tech Men in NCAA Elite Eight Hoops Battle Today - Wednesday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for more details. College Basketball The Michigan Tech men's basketball team faces Gannon University today in the Huskies' first-ever trip to the NCAA Division II tourn...
Todd Overbeek Mar 25, 2026

League of Women Voters speaks with students ahead of Equal Pay Day
Close to 60 workdays will have already passed by March 26, 2026. On Tuesday the Copper Country League of Women Voters marked Equal Pay Day. During the day the local organization talked with Michigan T...
Thomas Fournier Mar 24, 2026

Copper Shores Community Health Foundation returns as the Bridgefest presenting sponsor for a second year
Copper Shores Community Health Foundation returns as the 2026 Bridgefest presenting sponsor. Bridgefest this summer brings excitement to the Keweenaw Peninsula to celebrate the Portage Lake Lift Bridg...
Thomas Fournier Mar 24, 2026






