Category Archives: Featured

Nurse Strike Chances Increasing at UP Health Marquette
Nurses at UP Health Marquette could seek union permission to go on strike within the next few days. The relationship between nurses and management has been testy since Duke Lifepoint purchased the hos...
Todd Overbeek Aug 25, 2025

Two Enter 38th State Senate Race
Hopefuls are beginning to line up for the soon-to-be-vacant 38th State Senate seat. Incumbent Republican Ed McBroom is term-limited, and cannot run again in 2026. Chris Reynolds has announced his cand...
Todd Overbeek Aug 25, 2025

Flaherty Flails as Tigers Fall - Monday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School In high school volleyball today... Jeffers entertains Ishpeming. In high school boys soccer, Houghton will host Iron Mountain t...
Todd Overbeek Aug 25, 2025 Created with GIMP

Back-on-Track Tigers Dispatch Royals - Sunday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School In high school volleyball Saturday... Houghton, Hancock and West Iron County at the Kingsford Tournament - no report. Forest Pa...
Todd Overbeek Aug 24, 2025 Created with GIMP
Copper Country Today - August 24, 2025
On this week's Copper Country Today program: Host Todd VanDyke welcomes Robin Meneguzzo and Julia Peterson with an update about the Keweenaw Heartlands project. Hear the latest here. School music educ...
Todd Overbeek Aug 24, 2025

LL-H Wins Copper Mountain Conference V'ball Tourney - Saturday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School In high school volleyball yesterday... Calumet at Cadillac Tourney - no report. Lake Linden-Hubbell won the season-opening Copp...
Todd Overbeek Aug 22, 2025

Houghton M-26 Repairs to Resume Monday
There'll be a lengthy traffic slowdown on M-26 in Houghton beginning Monday. The Michigan Department of Transportation plans to continue repairs to a culvert south of the Canal Road intersection that ...
Todd Overbeek Aug 22, 2025

Houghton County Fair Still Exhibit Awards
The winners in the Open and Youth Still Awards competition at the Houghton County Fair have been announced. Cathy Isaacson was named Exhibitor of the Year. Bonnie DeCaire-Jones received the Agnes Ahol...
Todd Overbeek Aug 22, 2025

Houghton County Fair Enters Day Two
The Houghton County Fair opened with near-perfect weather conditions yesterday. Today might not be as nice, with forecasters predicting a 50 percent chance of showers and thunderstorms, most likely be...
Todd Overbeek Aug 21, 2025

MDOT Issues Bridge Warning
The Michigan Department of Transportation is calling attention to the poor condition of some of the state's bridges. Officials say that, unless funding for repairs is increased, as many as 100 trunkli...
Todd Overbeek Aug 21, 2025






