Category Archives: Featured

NWS Negaunee records 2024 as the hottest year for daily low temperatures
This story was produced by My UP News Correspondent Jessica Goska, find more details here. The Marquette area experienced its warmest year on record in 2024, according to the National Weather Service ...
Site Staff Jan 03, 2025

January is National Radon Action Month
The start of a new month means the start of a new awareness campaign encouraging residents to take care of their health. At the beginning of the year, the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department pro...
Site Staff Jan 03, 2025

Tech Men's Basketball Edges GVSU - Friday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school boys basketball last night... Houghton smothered West Iron County 80-41. Luke Hill led all scorers with 35 points, and...
Site Staff Jan 03, 2025

LSSU releases 2025's banned words list, including cringe, skibidi, and IYKYK
This story was produced by My UP News correspondent Andrew Lorinsor, find the original story here. As the new year unfolds, Lake Superior State University (LSSU) announced its 2025 Banished Words List...
Site Staff Jan 02, 2025 Rogers

Copper Country Great Start Collaborative offers online way to support the Baby Closet
The New Year's Baby has rung the bell and started 2025. A few weeks before the end of 2024, the Copper Country Great Start Collaborative started the organization's annual Diaper Drive for the Baby Clo...
Site Staff Jan 02, 2025

Michigan Technological University sustainability students help Main Street Calumet prepare for winter
Michigan Tech students help Main Street Calumet prepare the village for winter. This past November Michigan Technological University Sustainability Living Community program students helped Main Street...
Site Staff Jan 02, 2025

Canal Run celebrates 50 years of running in 2025
From 1975 to 2025 the Canal Run has kept the Copper Country running along the Portage Canal in the Keweenaw Peninsula. This year marks the UPHS-Portage Canal Run's fiftieth race. Race Director Angela ...
Site Staff Jan 02, 2025

Copper Country Humane Society starts 2025 by laughing with the community
For five decades, the Copper Country Humane Society has housed the pets of the Keweenaw Peninsula until they find a forever home. Over the past couple of years, the CCHS has had more dogs living at th...
Site Staff Jan 02, 2025

Pistons Outlast Magic - Thursday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. High School In high school boys basketball tonight... Houghton welcomes West Iron County. Baraga tips off at Ewen-Trout Creek. Forest Park hosts ...
Site Staff Jan 01, 2025

Wings Win Second Straight - Wednesday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. NHL J.T. Compher's third-period goal broke a 2-2 tie, and the Red Wings went on to a 4-2 victory over the Penguins last night. Jonatan Berggren a...
Site Staff Jan 01, 2025