Category Archives: Featured

Houghton Boys Soccer Advances in Playoffs - Saturday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School The Houghton boys soccer team opened the district playoffs with a 4-0 victory over Boyne City yesterday. Ethan Heckle had two g...
Todd Overbeek Oct 11, 2025

Native Americans begin the final water walk a part of a seven year ceremony to honor water resources
Native Americans will begin the final walk in a seven-year ceremony tomorrow. The People of the Heart Waters Walkers, that started in 2019, will begin the seventh walk to honor the resources of water ...
Thomas Fournier Oct 10, 2025

Houghton Fire Department encourages residents practice fire prevention during annual awareness week
When the temperatures cool outside, heaters across the Upper Peninsula kick back on. Each winter house fire tends to increase during the winter partly due to homeowners using supplementary sources of ...
Thomas Fournier Oct 10, 2025

Baraga County Road Commission to close a portion of Pequaming Road for culvert replacement
Baraga County's Road Commission will close Pequaming Road until further notice starting next week. On Monday the road commission will have crews begin a culver replacement project on Pequaming road, b...
Thomas Fournier Oct 10, 2025

A toast to a local labor leader
Big Annie left a big impression on the Copper Country. While for many years, her name was seldom talked about, her story stayed alive through historical accounts of the 1913 Copper Strike. Many years ...
Thomas Fournier Oct 10, 2025

NMU Volleyball Shades MTU - Friday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School In high school volleyball last night... Houghton fell to Kingsford 3-1 (25-21, 23-25, 22-25, 20-25). Calumet swept Gwinn 3-0 (2...
Todd Overbeek Oct 10, 2025

Houghton city council passes East Lakeshore rezoning back to the planning commission for more public engagement
Houghton's council will ask the planning commission to consider late changes to a project before potentially rezoning the site. Last night, the Houghton city council reviewed summary reports from the ...
Thomas Fournier Oct 09, 2025

Baraga County Historical Society breaks ground on 6,400 square foot addition to the History Museum
Baraga County Historical Society broke the ground on a major expansion project on Wednesday. In the months leading up to the shovels picking up dirt, historical society worked with Jay Wakefield to de...
Thomas Fournier Oct 09, 2025

Copper Island Academy breaks ground on a new high school
In 2021, Copper Island Academy established an elementary school and middle school. The copper country's charter school later built a separate gymnasium for physical education programs and indoor pract...
Thomas Fournier Oct 09, 2025

Tigers Force ALDS Game Five - Thursday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School In high school volleyball last night... Ewen-Trout Creek wiped out Watersmeet 3-0 (25-9, 25-12, 25-11). On the volleyball sched...
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