Category Archives: Featured

Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park partially opening as spring thaws trails and roads
Rising temperatures, cool breezes and sunny days are drawing campers to the Upper Peninsula, prompting partial openings at popular destinations like Porcupine Mountains State Park. While still too ear...
Thomas Fournier Apr 27, 2026

Michigan Tech Wolf-Moose winter study finds more wolves and less moose in the park
Michigan Tech's Isle Royale Wolf-Moose Study recorded numbers for the wolf population and a near-record low moose count during this winter's research. Researchers Sarah Hoy and Rolf Peterson led the 2...
Thomas Fournier Apr 27, 2026

Jampot Bakery opening, a sign spring has come to the Keweenaw Peninsula
A sure sign of spring in the Keweenaw Peninsula arrived Friday when the Jampot Bakery opened its doors for another season. The bakery, operated entirely by monks of the Holy Protection Monastery, welc...
Thomas Fournier Apr 27, 2026

Tork Ties Team Record as Tigers Down Reds - Monday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for more details. High School On today's baseball schedule, weather and field conditions permitting... Houghton plays at Westwood. On the track schedule... Houghton com...
Todd Overbeek Apr 27, 2026

Local Softball Teams Shine at Copper Country Invitational - Sunday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for more details. High School In high school baseball Saturday... Jeffers v Hancock - no report. Houghton and Marquette split a doubleheader. The Sentinels scored 10 ru...
Todd Overbeek Apr 26, 2026

Copper Country Today - April 26, 2026
On this week's Copper Country Today: Virginia Lambert and Ayla LaRoe from Copper Shores Victim Services join host Todd VanDyke for a discussion of their services to victims of sexual assault and other...
Todd Overbeek Apr 26, 2026

Tigers Fall in Ninth - Saturday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for more details. High School In high school baseball yesterday... Calumet's games at Gogebic were rained out. In baseball today, weather and field conditions permittin...
Todd Overbeek Apr 25, 2026

Michigan Sustainable Tourism Summit brings experts to the Copper Country
Visit Keweenaw will host the Michigan Sustainable Tourism Summit next month as part of its five-year initiative to promote sustainable tourism in the Copper Country. The four-day summit runs May 20-23...
Thomas Fournier Apr 24, 2026

Ewen Trout Creek seeks bond that could replace 30-year-old infrastructure
Ewen Trout Creek Schools will ask voters to approve a $6.1 million bond May 5 to replace aging infrastructure without increasing current property taxes. The district seeks to address 30-year-old facil...
Thomas Fournier Apr 24, 2026

Nearly 1,300 Huskies ending academic journeys this weekend
Congratulations to nearly 1300 students earning degrees from Michigan Technological University. Spring commencement begins today, with the graduate ceremony beginning at 3pm inside the John MacInnes I...
Thomas Fournier Apr 24, 2026





