Category Archives: Featured

Students enter the Pike Tank and take away skills for business development
Career and technical education students across the state regularly take classroom concepts beyond school walls. Construction technology students have built houses in Houghton, and automotive technolog...
Thomas Fournier 9h ago

Latest trooper promoted by Michigan State Police becomes a sergeant in St. Ignace
Michigan State Police announced the promotion of Jonathan Morrison to the rank of sergeant at the St. Ignace post. Morrison began his service with Michigan State Police in 2014 following his graduatio...
Thomas Fournier 9h ago

DB-TC Boys Head to Regional Hoops Final - Wednesday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School Dollar Bay-Tamarack City advanced to the Division Four Region 25 championship game with a 72-39 victory over Wakefield-Marenisc...
Todd Overbeek 19h ago

Keweenaw Peninsula businesses, organizations and non-profits start thinking about summer festivities
With the Keweenaw Peninsula looking forward to a few days of warmer temperatures, some might have already started to think about summer days in the sunshine. Bridgefest celebrations in Houghton and Ha...
Thomas Fournier Mar 03, 2026

Houghton County Road Commission implements spring load weight restrictions as roads warm up
The Houghton County Road Commission shares an important message for loaded trucks in coordination with other western Upper Peninsula road commissions. Starting Wednesday, March 4, weight restrictions ...
Thomas Fournier Mar 03, 2026

MI Neighborhood Program awards $400,000 to Laurium to support home projects
Laurium will receive $400,000 from the MSHDA Community Development Block Grant. In an announcement Village Manager Ian Lewis shared on the Laurium Facebook page, the community will receive an award fr...
Thomas Fournier Mar 03, 2026

As temperature fluctuate, trail conditions can deteriorate
Snowmobiling enters its late-season stage, and several factors could impact safe trail conditions. On the eastern end of the Upper Peninsula, Michigan State Police responded to a fatal snowmobile cras...
Thomas Fournier Mar 03, 2026 Two snowmobilers enjoy a sunny afternoon along a trail in Gogebic County

Gremlins, Lakes Advance in Hoops Tourney - Tuesday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School On the opening night of the girls basketball tournament... Division Four, District 97 at Ewen-Trout - Bessemer got past Watersm...
Todd Overbeek Mar 03, 2026

Organizers Celebrate Successful CopperDog
CopperDog officials are celebrating a successful weekend of racing and related events... It's the only weight pull in the whole Upper Michigan area, and it's the only winter pull in the Midwest, unles...
Todd Overbeek Mar 02, 2026

Laurium Woman Faces Meth Charges
A Laurium woman faces felony drug charges following a recent traffic stop in Ironwood. Thirty-six-year-old Chelsey Nicole Kuopous was among multiple occupants of a vehicle that was stopped for an equi...
Todd Overbeek Mar 02, 2026






