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Houghton County Sheriff and MSP U.P.S.E.T. seize Methamphetamine, paraphernalia, and cellular devices during search warrant
Houghton County Sheriff deputies and Michigan State Police UPSET execute a warrant on a Calumet Township residence following a months-long investigation. On May 6th, the MSP Upper Peninsula Substance ...
Thomas Fournier May 12, 2025

MI-TRALE encourages youth ride right all summer while using off-road trails
Off-roading in the Copper Country has two major seasons. All-terrain and side-by-side traverse the trails in the summer. And when the snow packs on top, snowmobiles echo around the region. Across the ...
Thomas Fournier May 12, 2025

Community unity inspires support of the Calumet Free Fridge during Pridefest
For three years Keweenaw Queers has felt great support from the local community. Growing from a few dozen friends at the park to organizing the third annual Keweenaw Pridefest in Calumet. Organization...
Thomas Fournier May 12, 2025

Rangers Stifle Tigers - Monday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School On the high school schedule today... In baseball... Houghton entertains Westwood. Ewen-Trout Creek visits Ironwood. In softball...
Todd Overbeek May 12, 2025 Created with GIMP

Houghton Baseball Wins Negaunee Tourney - Sunday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School In high school baseball Saturday... Houghton won the championship at the Negaunee Invitational Saturday. The Gremlins opened wi...
Todd Overbeek May 11, 2025

Copper Country Today - May 11, 2025
On this week's Copper Country Today program: Dr. Maria Bergstrom from Michigan Tech talks with host Todd VanDyke about the change in approach to education at the university included in its new Essenti...
Todd Overbeek May 10, 2025

Houghton Baseball Sweeps IM - Saturday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for additional game details. High School In high school baseball yesterday... Houghton swept Iron Mountain 10-2 and 9-3. L'Anse v Ironwood - no report. Ewen-Trout Creek...
Todd Overbeek May 10, 2025

L'Anse Man Convicted of Abusing and Murdering Toddler
A L'Anse man faces a lengthy jail term, after having been convicted in a federal jury trial of causing the death of a 19-month-old child. Prosecutors charged that 37-year-old Eugene Walter George Rant...
Todd Overbeek May 09, 2025

League of Women Voters start the conversation on ranked choice voting in the Copper Country
Elections have become more accessible in Michigan in recent years. In 2022 residents voted to allow early voting centers and expanded how voters access mail-in ballots. The idea to open access to earl...
Thomas Fournier May 09, 2025

Northern Michigan University plans to honor Father Jacques Marquette with a special commemoration
Northern Michigan University plans to honor the legacy of the missionary and explorer for which the college town receives its name, Jacques Marquette. While traveling along the shores of Lake Michigan...
Thomas Fournier May 09, 2025






