Category Archives: Featured

Copper Country Today - March 23, 2025
On this week's Copper Country Today: Jen Beaudette from the Copper Country Intermediate School District talks with host Todd VanDyke about preschool options for three and four-year-olds. Listen to the...
Todd Overbeek Mar 22, 2025

Panthers Play for State Title Today - Saturday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School The Ewen-Trout Creek girls basketball team will play for a state title this morning. The Panthers (27-1) advanced with a 34-24 victor...
Todd Overbeek Mar 22, 2025

Meet Up and Eat Up keeps kids feeling full while school's out for summer break
In 2023 students across the state began to have the option to eat breakfast and lunch at school. The free school meals program has been a huge help to many families struggling to make ends meet. By of...
Thomas Fournier Mar 21, 2025

Calumet continues to build upon its 150 year history
Calumet has helped shape important parts of the country's history. And after 150 years there are plenty of stories to tell. At its height, the village was central to the activity of the county, which ...
Thomas Fournier Mar 21, 2025

Sparkplug awards highlight incredible people accomplishing so much in the Copper Country
Congratulations to the Copper Country for another year of accomplishing so much good in the community. Last night the Keweenaw Peninsula took a minute to slow down and recognize incredible people, pro...
Thomas Fournier Mar 21, 2025

E-TC Girls Head to State Finals; Calumet Girls Fall - Friday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School The Ewen-Trout Creek girls basketball team will play for a state title tomorrow. The Panthers overcame a three-point halftime deficit...
Todd Overbeek Mar 21, 2025

Laurium woman dies after being struck by vehicle in Calumet Township
A Laurium woman died in a fatal accident car-pedestrian accident on Saturday. At 3;30 am on March 15th the Houghton County Sheriff's office responded to a report of a car versus pedestrian crash on Ca...
Thomas Fournier Mar 20, 2025

A Jeffers High School team wins the school's first GCC Spring Quiz Bowl Invitational title
From the ice rink to center stage Jeffers High School keeps on winning. Recently students from Jeffers High School joined other western upper peninsula students at Gogebic Community College in Ironwoo...
Thomas Fournier Mar 20, 2025

Portage Health Auxiliary opens applications for healthcare education scholarships
Paying for a medical degree costs time and money. It can take years for doctors to train in a specific field. And many months to balance working while pursuing a nursing degree. The Portage Health Aux...
Thomas Fournier Mar 20, 2025

Chicken Tramper Ultra-light Gear continues to innovate and diversify to grow its size in the outdoor space
Born out of a passion for the outdoors, and enhanced by innovative manufacturing, Chicken Tramper has become a success story of up-and-coming businesses growing in the outdoor recreation space. In 202...
Thomas Fournier Mar 20, 2025