Category Archives: Featured

Some sponsors become volunteers during CopperDog weekend in the Keweenaw Peninsula
Since Copperdog first arrived on the Keweenaw peninsula one of the event's largest sponsors has been the incrediblebank in Calumet. Recently incredible bank helped Copperdog kick off its sponsorship d...
Thomas Fournier Feb 14, 2025

Jibba Jabba introduces the Best Stomp competition to the sport of snowboarding
Snowboarding in downtown Houghton took a ten-year break before returning in 2023. The electric atmosphere of the event brings hundreds of spectators, professional snowboarders, and Redbull as a sponso...
Thomas Fournier Feb 14, 2025

MTU Men's Hoopsters Dump FSU; Play for GLIAC Lead Tomorrow - Friday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In hockey last night... Calumet shaded Kingsford 1-0. Ben Anderson scored the game's only goal in the second period. Beau Jukuri earn...
Todd Overbeek Feb 14, 2025

Houghton closes Huron Street and posts notices for traffic changes during Jibba Jabba
Jibba Jabba's course appears almost as quickly as the Huron Street snow hill disappears. The Houghton Department of Public Works will close Huron Street today to construct the snow course for the week...
Thomas Fournier Feb 13, 2025

Houghton County Sheriff Office encourages drivers to give plows more space while on the road
Snow plows are back out maintaining the Copper Country's roadways after multiple snow squalls dropped more than a few inches of snow. In the last week the Copper Country's snow tracker, the Keweenaw C...
Thomas Fournier Feb 13, 2025

Right Start UP commits Giving Tuesday donations toward HCH Theater improvements
The Rights Start UP commits to giving Tuesday donations to infrastructure projects upgrading the Hancock Community Hub. Right Start UP recently announced it has decided where it will start work inside...
Thomas Fournier Feb 13, 2025

GLSV and Loukus Technologies infused with $10 M state investment for expansion and job creation
MEDC invests 10 million dollars in two Keweenaw Peninsula technology companies supporting the creating of 90 new jobs. Yesterday Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist arrived in Houghton to announce Gr...
Thomas Fournier Feb 13, 2025

Winter Carnival continues to fill hotels, restaurants and campus
It's been seven days and Michigan Tech's hard work still stands tall. In 2024 many of the All-nighter and month-long winter carnival snow statues lost a lot of the details that students worked hard to...
Thomas Fournier Feb 13, 2025

Calumet Girls Edge Marquette in OT - Thursday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In boys basketball last night... Dollar Bay-Tamarack City cruised past Hancock 54-33. In girls action... Calumet shaded Marquette 52-...
Todd Overbeek Feb 12, 2025

Michigan DNR seeks public assistance to track possible presence of wolves in the northern Lower Peninsula
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will begin a community-based survey in the northern Lower Peninsula in search of wolves. Today the Michigan DNR announced it seeks public assistance to con...
Thomas Fournier Feb 12, 2025