Category Archives: Featured

Giving Tuesday 2025 Non-profits: BHK Child Development
Baraga Houghton Keweenaw Child Development helps families and kids in the copper country build the confidence and skills they'll need to succeed. Since 1974 BHK Child Development has been a space for ...
Thomas Fournier Nov 21, 2025

Giving Tuesday 2025 Non-profits: Elaine Bacon Literacy Program
A small literacy program has made a significant impact in Michigan's Copper Country for nearly 60 years, helping residents learn English as a second language and improve their daily communication skil...
Thomas Fournier Nov 21, 2025

OT Wins for MTU, NMU Women's Hoops - Friday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School On tonight's hockey schedule... Houghton welcomes Howell, with coverage at 6:40 on the Voice of the Gremlins, 97.7 The Wolf. Ca...
Todd Overbeek Nov 21, 2025

Giving Tuesday 2025 Non-profits: Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly
As residents in the Copper Country age, they might begin feeling the impacts of loneliness on their health. Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly has been an ear to listen and a friend that visits fo...
Thomas Fournier Nov 20, 2025

CLK Council of Churches hosts annual pantry fundraiser concert at Sacred Heart in Calumet
Helping people comes naturally to communities that rely on each other, and recent efforts across the Copper Country have shown support for families and households needing access to food security. Rece...
Thomas Fournier Nov 20, 2025

MDOT commits $11 million for local road safety improvement projects
The Michigan Department of Transportation announced Wednesday it will commit $11 million in federal funds to support nine Transportation Alternatives Program grant awards. MDOT has issued a conditiona...
Thomas Fournier Nov 20, 2025

Giving Tuesday 2025 Non-profits: Mercy EMS
Covering over 1,000 square miles and responding at all hours of the day, emergency responders need community support so they can keep doing their jobs to keep people safe during an incident. Mercy EMS...
Thomas Fournier Nov 20, 2025

Houghton County 12th Circuit Court denies two motions in Margerat Kempainen's case
Two motions in Margaret Kempainen's case were denied in 12th Circuit Court. Today the Houghton County 12th Circuit Court held a pretrial hearing for Margaret Kempainen to rule on a motion for discover...
Thomas Fournier Nov 20, 2025

MTU, NMU Volleyball Seasons End in GLIAC Quarterfinals - Thursday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School The Forest Park volleyball team faces Fowler in a Division Four state semifinal today at noon at Kellogg Arena in Battle Creek....
Todd Overbeek Nov 20, 2025
Paulette Ellen Foco
As received from the O'Neill-Dennis Funeral Home. If you have questions about, or potential corrections to the content, please contact the funeral home directly. Paulette Ellen Foco, 73, of Hancock, p...
Todd Overbeek Nov 20, 2025






