Category Archives: Featured

On this week's Copper Country Today: Erica Bates and Ariel Miron from UP Kids talk with host Tim Peters about the need for foster families. Hear the conversation here. If you would like to find out mo...

Click on the highlighted scores for more details. NHL As expected, the Maple Leafs opened the NHL Draft last night by selecting Penn State forward Gavin McKenna. The Sharks followed by taking Swedish ...

Nine Upper Peninsula businesses are receiving a financial boost from the state this week as the Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced its latest round of Match on Main grant awards. In H...

The Eagle Harbor Shortcut Road will close for four days beginning July 6 as the Keweenaw County Road Commission replaces a culvert at the Jacobs Creek crossing at the intersection of Garden City Road ...

State Rep. Greg Markkanen paid tribute this week to a predecessor, honoring the late Rep. Mike Lahti on the Michigan House floor. The representative was joined by Lahti's wife, Sharon, and surviving f...

Houghton County is moving quickly to gather construction cost estimates for a new jail, with an August ballot deadline driving an aggressive summer timeline. At a special meeting Thursday, the Houghto...

Click on the highlighted scores for more details. High School The inaugural U.P. All-Star Volleyball Game will be played today at Forest Park High School. The roster has been divided into four teams. ...

A music festival that has spent eight years improving one of the Copper Country's most beloved public spaces returns this weekend. Dam Jam 8 takes over Calumet Lions Park on June 26-27, bringing two d...

Heavy rainfall Wednesday forced L'Anse to close its waterfront and beach after sewer overflows threatened water quality along Lake Superior. The L'Anse sewage treatment plant recorded 2.5 inches of ra...

Houghton's city council is weighing a moratorium on data center development as city leaders work to establish regulations before any projects arrive. City Manager Eric Waara told council members Wedne...