Category Archives: Featured

Veterans hockey game at the Dee Stadium raises funds for Tunnels to Towers Foundation
The Keweenaw Peninsula's own hockey season might have wrapped up following the Gibson Cup series last week. But there is one more game for the community to come out and enjoy. In the last few years, t...
Thomas Fournier Apr 07, 2026

UPAC Alliance earns $50,000 in National Endowment for the Arts grants
The Upper Peninsula Arts and Culture Alliance announced Tuesday it has received two grant awards from the National Endowment for the Arts totaling $50,000. One award for $30,000 comes from the Grants ...
Thomas Fournier Apr 07, 2026

Calumet man pleads no contest to two second degree charges of criminal sexual conduct with a minor in Houghton County
A Calumet man pleaded no contest in 12th Circuit Court to two charges of second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor on Monday. Chad Raymond Just, 40 years old of Calumet, pleaded no contest to...
Thomas Fournier Apr 07, 2026

Michigan Wins NCAA Men's Basketball Crown - Tuesday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for more details. College Basketball The University of Michigan claimed its first NCAA Division I men's basketball title since 1989 last night, defeating Connecticut 69...
Todd Overbeek Apr 07, 2026

Houghton Elementary School earns Evergreen Green School Certification form EGLE
Houghton Elementary School earned the state's highest certification for a green school last week. The Houghton Portage Township School District shared that Houghton Elementary School recently earned t...
Thomas Fournier Apr 06, 2026

Finding new ways of fundraising when traditional donation avenues slow down
Donor exhaustion is a real issue nonprofits around the community contend with, making it important to find alternative ways to raise funds for large operations that provide significant impacts. Last m...
Thomas Fournier Apr 06, 2026

USDA and USFS restructuring plans will close research facilities in Houghton and L'Anse
The U.S. Department of Agriculture and United States Forest Service will undergo a large restructuring process that will close all four forest research facilities in Michigan. Last week, the USDA anno...
Thomas Fournier Apr 06, 2026

Wings Fall, Lose Playoff Ground - Monday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for more details. College Basketball UCLA claimed the NCAA Division I women's basketball title, with a 79-51 victory over South Carolina in the championship game yester...
Todd Overbeek Apr 06, 2026

Tigers Win, but Add Verlander to IL - Sunday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for more details. College Basketball Michigan and Connecticut will vie for the NCAA Division I men's basketball title, after prevailing in yesterday's semifinals. The W...
Todd Overbeek Apr 05, 2026 Created with GIMP

Copper Country Today - April 5, 2026
On this week's Copper Country Today: John and Charmaine Parsons from Dan Schmitt Gift of Music join host Todd VanDyke to talk about how the organization provides musical and other opportunities for ar...
Todd Overbeek Apr 05, 2026






