Category Archives: Featured

MTU Basketball Sweeps PNW - Friday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School Boys high school basketball tournament district finals tonight... Division Four, District 98 - Dollar Bay-Tamarack City plays at Bara...
Todd Overbeek Feb 28, 2025

Michigan representatives in Washington D.C. reintroduce KBIC land settlement legislation to Congress
Michigan representatives in Washington voice support to settle land claims of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community. Recently in a joint release, Senators Gary Peters and Elissa Slotkin, and Representativ...
Thomas Fournier Feb 27, 2025

Otter River Sled Dog's Tom Bauer passes the torch to the MTU Mushing Club
For many years Tom Bauer and the Otter River Sled Dog Kennel have been a local champion of the Copper Dog race. This year Bauer will step aside, and lend his teams to the Mushing Club at Michigan Tech...
Thomas Fournier Feb 27, 2025

Nite Owl Cafe earns the 2025 Baraga Chamber of Commerce Business of the Year Award
The Baraga County Chamber of Commerce proudly announces Nite Owl of L'Anse has earned the 2025 Chamber Business of the Year award. The Nite Owl has earned the prestigious local award among the Baraga ...
Thomas Fournier Feb 27, 2025

Houghton City Council approves resolution opposing executive overreach
Houghton unanimously passed a resolution opposing executive overreach related to recent cuts in the federal workforce and frozen funding. Last night the city council voted to approve a resolution oppo...
Thomas Fournier Feb 27, 2025

Dollar Bay, Baraga Advance in Boys Hoops Tourney - Thursday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School Boys high school basketball tournament district semifinals last night... Division Four, District 98 - Dollar Bay-Tamarack City outsco...
Todd Overbeek Feb 27, 2025

WestPAC Boys Basketball All-Stars Named
Iron Mountain senior Oskar Kangas and Westwood junior Ethan Marta share this year's WestPAC Boys Basketball Player of the Year honor. A.J. Pizziola from Westwood was named Defensive Player of the Year...
Todd Overbeek Feb 26, 2025

Starting small grows childcare opportunities in Houghton County
Childcare starts with something small and grows to have large impacts. Close to a year ago the Start Small; Build Your Childcare Business program was started to help support new business owners create...
Thomas Fournier Feb 26, 2025

Blood supply for regional hospitals at a critical need in the Upper Peninsula
Everyone can donate. And everyone can help save up to three lives. Blood donations to local blood centers stay local and help medical professionals care for accident victims and perform vital surgerie...
Thomas Fournier Feb 26, 2025

Jason Heikkinen sentenced in Houghton County 12th Circuit Court for embezzlement over $100,000
A Dollar Bay man was sentenced on Monday for embezzling money using his relationship with an elderly woman. On Monday in Houghton County 12th circuit court Jason Heikkinen was sentenced to serve 180 d...
Thomas Fournier Feb 26, 2025