Category Archives: Featured

Giving Tuesday 2025 Non-profits: Big Brothers Big Sisters
Across the western Upper Peninsula, kids need to talk to someone. But sometimes it's easier to open up to a mentor. Big Brothers Big Sisters in Copper Country has helped kids feel welcome and builds c...
Thomas Fournier Nov 18, 2025

Michigan Tech Students raise $3,500 to support the Western Upper Peninsula Food Bank
A group of Michigan Tech students turned their concern about food insecurity into action, raising $3,500 for the Western Upper Peninsula Food Bank through a community soup fundraiser. Students organiz...
Thomas Fournier Nov 18, 2025

Duren Returns as Pistons Win 10th Straight - Tuesday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School In high school hockey tonight... Hancock travels to Manistique. Jeffers entertains Negaunee at 6:00. On the volleyball schedule...
Todd Overbeek Nov 18, 2025

NMU Earns 1st GLIAC Men's Soccer Tourney Crown - Monday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. College Soccer The NMU men's soccer team is celebrating its first GLIAC tournament championship, following yesterday's 1-0 upset of top-see...
Todd Overbeek Nov 17, 2025

Tech Hockey Edges Bemidji in OT - Sunday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School In high school hockey Saturday... Houghton skated past Jeffers 4-1. Porter Markham gave the Gremlins a first-period lead, Gage ...
Todd Overbeek Nov 16, 2025

Copper Country Today - November 16, 2025
On this week's Copper Country Today program: With their annual holiday meals and other winter challenges ahead, Carol Korpula from Little Brothers-Friends of the Elderly talks with host Todd VanDyke a...
Todd Overbeek Nov 16, 2025

Jeffers Opens HS Hockey Season with Win; Houghton and Hancock Tie - Saturday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School On the opening night of the high school hockey season... Houghton and Hancock skated to a 2-2 tie. The Gremlins opened an early...
Todd Overbeek Nov 15, 2025

Finlandia Foundation National receives a generous matching gift to support the Making History Challenge
An anonymous donation will match support for Finnish American cultural preservation and the Finnish American Heritage Center in Hancock. On Thursday the Finlandia Foundation National announced it has ...
Thomas Fournier Nov 14, 2025

Hancock prepares to light up the community
Christmas music has returned to the radio. The first snow has fallen. And in Hancock businesses, families, and community organizations are preparing to bring the feeling of Christmas to the city. Just...
Thomas Fournier Nov 14, 2025

Giving Tuesday 2025 Non-Profits: Ahmeek Village Volunteer Fire & Rescue Department
Ahmeek's fire department can always lend a hand to people in emergencies. But sometimes the department needs some help too. Ahmeek Fire & Rescue joined Copper Shores to participate in Giving Tuesd...
Thomas Fournier Nov 14, 2025






