Category Archives: Featured

May polling place open on Tuesday
Polling places will open Tuesday for local elections featuring education-related ballot measures across the region. The Copper Country Intermediate School District will ask residents to consider a mil...
Thomas Fournier May 04, 2026

Houghton Police warn of court summons scam targeting residents
Houghton City Police are warning the community about a fraud scam targeting residents with fake court documents designed to steal money. The City of Houghton Police Department posted a notice Saturday...
Thomas Fournier May 04, 2026

Visit Keweenaw announces details for the Spring Photo Contest
Just as winter wraps up in the Keweenaw, spring settles into the region, and Visit Keweenaw is collecting pictures from around the Copper Country for its Spring Photo Contest. Right after announcing R...
Thomas Fournier May 04, 2026

Residents serve their community during Pitch in for Parks
With spring in the Copper Country comes thoughts of beautiful days spent in the Keweenaw. But taking a look at local parks and recreation spaces, the area could use a few hands to help out. The record...
Thomas Fournier May 04, 2026

Pistons Complete Comeback, Advance in NBA Playoffs - Monday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for more details. High School On the high school schedule today, weather and conditions permitting: In baseball... Houghton entertains Jeffers. Calumet travels to Gogeb...
Todd Overbeek May 04, 2026

Hancock Sweeps Bulldog Track Invitational - Sunday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for more details. High School Hancock won both sides of its own Bulldog Invitational Saturday... On the boys side, Dollar Bay-Tamarack City placed second, followed by t...
Todd Overbeek May 03, 2026

Copper Country Today - May 3, 2026
On this week's Copper Country Today: Gina Nicholas, Molly Powers and Brice Holden from the Keweenaw Outdoor Recreation Coalition talk with host Todd VanDyke about the role their organization plays in ...
Todd Overbeek May 03, 2026

Softball Sweeps for Lakes, Copper Kings - Saturday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for more details. High School In high school baseball yesterday: Hancock took two from Calumet, 5-4 and 2-0. Ben Keranen's single in the bottom of the seventh inning dr...
Todd Overbeek May 02, 2026

Michigan Technological University to establish a Bachelor of Science in Artificial Intelligence next fall
Michigan Technological University is making a move to bring more students into the future of technology with the official launch of a new bachelor's degree program focused on artificial intelligence t...
Thomas Fournier May 01, 2026

BBBS of the Western Upper Peninsula earns the BBBS Pinnacle Award for impact on youth and communities
Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Western Upper Peninsula has earned recognition as a pinnacle program with incredible impacts on the community. On Thursday, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America announce...
Thomas Fournier May 01, 2026






