Category Archives: Featured

Organizers Celebrate Successful CopperDog
CopperDog officials are celebrating a successful weekend of racing and related events... It's the only weight pull in the whole Upper Michigan area, and it's the only winter pull in the Midwest, unles...
Todd Overbeek Mar 02, 2026

Laurium Woman Faces Meth Charges
A Laurium woman faces felony drug charges following a recent traffic stop in Ironwood. Thirty-six-year-old Chelsey Nicole Kuopous was among multiple occupants of a vehicle that was stopped for an equi...
Todd Overbeek Mar 02, 2026

Bestgen Repeats as CopperDog Champ - Monday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School The girls basketball tournament opens tonight with district play-in games. Division Four, District 97 at Ewen-Trout - Watersmee...
Todd Overbeek Mar 02, 2026

Houghton Hockey Heads to State Semifinals - Sunday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School The Houghton High School hockey team is headed to the state quarterfinals. The Gremlins blanked Marquette 4-0 in Saturday's qua...
Todd Overbeek Mar 01, 2026

Copper Country Today - March 1, 2026
On this week's Copper Country Today: Host Todd VanDyke welcomes Laurium Village Manager Ian Lewis with an update, one year after a fire destroyed the village's public works garage. Hear the discussion...
Todd Overbeek Mar 01, 2026

Tech Hockey Blanked by BGSU - Saturday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School Houghton and Marquette will meet in a state hockey tournament quarterfinal game tonight at 6:00 at the Berry Events Center at N...
Todd Overbeek Feb 28, 2026

Sled dog teams begin to arrive into Calumet for the 2026 Copper Dog
Sled dog teams began arriving in Calumet this morning for registration and veterinary health checks ahead of the Copper Dog race, which launches tonight at 7 p.m. from 5th Street. Veterinarians met te...
Thomas Fournier Feb 27, 2026

A SmartZone AMMP participant will appear on Shark Tank in March
A full circle moment awaits BRC. In March the MTEC AMMP program participant, BRCE, will appear in an episode of Shark Tank, the entrepreneurial ABC show that highlights many emerging companies across ...
Thomas Fournier Feb 27, 2026

A warmer place to get ready for the Great Bear Chase
After the Copper Dog race runs this weekend, the Copper Country has one more major event in the winter that invites a lot of people from outside the area to enjoy the region's recreation. The UP Healt...
Thomas Fournier Feb 27, 2026 Photo Credit: Brockit Photography

While sled dog teams head out on the trails, activity around Laurium picks up during Copper Dog events
The Copper Country's biggest celebration of winter starts tonight as residents and visitors descend upon downtown Calumet for the start of the Copper Dog race. While waiting for teams to head out at 7...
Thomas Fournier Feb 27, 2026






