Category Archives: Featured

Swedetown Trails Winter Trails Day includes opportunities to try new outdoor activities
Well, freezing temperatures need to return to the Arctic soon. Because the Swedetown Trails Club has plans on Sunday. Last week the Swedetown Trails Club cancelled the annual Winter Trails Day for wea...
Site Staff Jan 23, 2025

Houghton prepares for the city clerk and treasurer retiring in 2025
Houghton City Council wrapped up a short meeting full of celebration. City Manager Eric Waara informed the council that City Clerk Ann Vollrath and City Treasurer Jodi Reynolds will retire later this ...
Site Staff Jan 23, 2025

Former Lake Linden DPW employee arraigned in Houghton County 97th District Court
A retired Lake Linden DPW employee has been arraigned in Houghton County 97th District Court. The Michigan state police Calumet post began an investigation into 71-year-old Ronald Schmitt of Lake Lind...
Site Staff Jan 23, 2025

Money launderer connected to suicide of Jordan DeMay pleads guilty to charges
An Alabama man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection to a teen's suicide from sextortion. On Wednesday the acting attorney of the western district of Michigan Andre...
Site Staff Jan 23, 2025

Jets Hockey Stuns Gremlins - Thursday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In hockey last night... Jeffers upended Houghton 5-1. Brogan Turner scored twice for the Jets, and Tage Rajala, Cullen Larson and Bri...
Site Staff Jan 23, 2025

Finnish immigration to the Copper Country started small and grew into a large community
Hancock's Finnish heritage appears as street names, and flags hanging along Quincy Street, and in its people. The city started with only 20 Finnish immigrants who arrived before Finland would see its ...
Site Staff Jan 22, 2025

Michigan Tech Jazz students break into small groups for a big concert
Music deserves an intimate space for interpolations and creativity. And Jazz stylings certainly offer plenty of great changes of pace. This weekend the Michigan Tech Jazz Ensemble groups will perform ...
Site Staff Jan 22, 2025

Keweenaw Community Foundation will offer more than $30,000 in scholarship funds for students pursuing further education
In the spring semester seniors likely know what campus they'll live in. However, they may not know where all of the funds will come from to pay for education after high school. At the beginning of Feb...
Site Staff Jan 22, 2025

Animal Life: Art from the Kalevala exhibit features the work of forty artists
More than 40 local artists create artwork celebrating Finnish heritage and Hekinpaiva. On Saturday during Heikinpaiva in Hancock, the Copper Country Community Arts Center will open its gallery to the ...
Site Staff Jan 22, 2025

Three injured in two vehicle crash on M-26 in Osceola Township
Three people were injured in a two-vehicle accident on M-26 yesterday. Just before 8 pm last night, Troopers from the MSP Calumet Post responded to a multi-vehicle accident near Junction Road in Osceo...
Site Staff Jan 22, 2025
Monday
Daytime highs approaching 75 under cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms likely. Southeasterly winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 55%.
Monday Night
Cloudy with overnight lows approaching 52. Southeasterly winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 25%.
Tuesday
Highs level off around 73 under partly cloudy skies with scattered rain showers likely. Winds becoming west 8 to 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 15%.
Monday Night
Cloudy skies with scattered thunderstorms likely. Lows level off around 54. Winds turning southeast 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%.
Wednesday
Slight chance for scattered showers, otherwise overcast skies. Daytime highs approaching 73. Winds becoming northwest 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 20%.
Tuesday Night
Slight chance for scattered showers early, otherwise partly cloudy skies. Overnight lows approaching 52. West winds 5 to 10 mph. Chance of precipitation is 15%.
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