Category Archives: Featured

Michigan Technological University hosts the 2025 Eastern Great Lakes ASCE Student Symposium
The American Society of Civil Engineers will arrive in Houghton later this week for the Eastern Great Lakes ASCE Student Symposium. The symposium will bring 16 universities to the Copper Country and c...
Thomas Fournier Apr 07, 2025

5th Annual Puppy Parade helps the Copper Country pause for a cause
Next week Copper Shores Victim Support invites the Copper Country to a fun event in support of survivors of sexual assault. The 5th annual Paws for a Cause puppy parade helps get the community outside...
Thomas Fournier Apr 07, 2025

Isle Royale National Park prepare for first supply trip to the island
Isle Royale National Park Service Staff look forward to welcoming visitors to the island park this summer. While many rumors have floated about potential service and operation gaps in 2025, the Nation...
Thomas Fournier Apr 07, 2025

Torkelson Powers Tigers' Walk-off Win - Monday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. NHL The Red Wings kept their flickering playoff hopes alive with a 2-1 victory over the Panthers yesterday. Alex DeBrincat and J.T. Compher...
Todd Overbeek Apr 06, 2025 Created with GIMP

Tigers Bomb Chisox - Sunday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. NHL The Red Wings entertain the Panthers today. Coverage will begin at 5:15 on 99.3 The Lift. NBA The Pistons dropped a 109-103 decision to...
Todd Overbeek Apr 06, 2025 Created with GIMP

Copper Country Today - April 6, 2025
On this week's Copper Country Today: Houghton County is finalizing a proposal for a new jail, and wants public input. Sheriff Josh Saarinen and Faith Morrison from the Copper Country League of Women V...
Todd Overbeek Apr 06, 2025

Pioneers Claim Gibson Cup for Third Straight Year - Saturday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. Gibson Cup The Gibson Cup will stay with the Portage Lake Pioneers, after they defeated the Calumet Wolverines 7-0 last night. The Pios swe...
Todd Overbeek Apr 05, 2025

MDOT's Paint a Plow program returns to partner with school districts
With the recent snowstorm dropping off more powder in the Upper Peninsula, winter is not quite done in the region. To help get the state through the final stretch of winter Michigan Department of Tran...
Thomas Fournier Apr 04, 2025

Torch Lake Federal Credit Union to merge with Peninsula Federal Credit Union
Torch Lake Federal Credit Union will merge with the Peninsula Federal Credit Union. At the Torch Lake Federal Credit Union's annual meeting in March, the financial institution announced it would merge...
Thomas Fournier Apr 04, 2025

Art in Silico found at the intersection of STEM and Humanities
Technology's influence on everyday life has grown rapidly in recent years in part due to advances in artificial intelligence. At that same time Michigan Technological University has placed itself as a...
Thomas Fournier Apr 04, 2025






