Category Archives: Featured

Copper Country Intermediate School District seeks to resolve space challenges, and improve education outcomes by modernizing facilities in Baraga and Houghton Counties
The Copper Country Intermediate School District serves more than 6500 students across three counties. Since the start, it has worked to provide essential services for the Baraga, Houghton, and Keweena...
Thomas Fournier Jun 02, 2025

Tigers Win on Wild Pitch - Monday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. MLB Zach McKinstry stretched a double into a triple, then scored on a wild pitch, as the Tigers shaded the Royals 1-0 yesterday. Keider Mon...
Todd Overbeek Jun 02, 2025 Created with GIMP

Kytta, Jokela, Shamion Each Win Three Events at UP Track Finals - Sunday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School In district baseball tournament action Saturday... Division Three - Calumet shaded Westwood 6-4 in one semifinal game. Hancock ...
Todd Overbeek Jun 01, 2025

Copper Country Today - June 1, 2025
On this week's Copper Country Today program: Copper Country Intermediate School District Superintendent Jim Rautiola joined host Todd VanDyke to talk about the past school year, and the CCISD millage ...
Todd Overbeek Jun 01, 2025

Hancock Boys Win UP D2 Golf Crown - Saturday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School In district baseball tournament action yesterday... Division Two - Houghton dropped a 1-0 heartbreaker to Escanaba in a semifin...
Todd Overbeek May 31, 2025

Construction Technology Program students show off their hard work during an open house
Today Houghton's community toured the CCISD CTE construction technology program's latest build. The home sits on Red Oak Lane, on a hill, overlooking the city. Students worked closely with local contr...
Thomas Fournier May 30, 2025

Annual inspections on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge start Monday
On Monday MDOT will begin annual inspections on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge. Crews will start work by closing the outside northbound lane at 830 am. Work will continue unti3:00 pm. On Tuesday crews w...
Thomas Fournier May 30, 2025

Houghton County's Fair Board to receive $63,200 grant award from MDARD
MDARD awards 1.6 million dollars to county fair boards supporting infrastructure improvements around the state. Each year Michigan celebrates the state's communities and agricultural heritage with 80 ...
Thomas Fournier May 30, 2025

Families keep the Finnish language alive in the Copper Country of Michigan
Across generations, regions, and families, language drives connections and keeps cultures alive. Martin Johnson grew up in Toivola and descended from some of the community's first Finnish Americans to...
Thomas Fournier May 30, 2025

Turner, Goldsworthy Earn CMC MVP Honors - Friday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School The Houghton softball team's season ended with a 10-0 loss to Petoskey in a district tournament semifinal yesterday. The Northm...
Todd Overbeek May 30, 2025






