Category Archives: Featured

MI-TRALE enjoys a camp n' ride with the Copper Country's equine community
While many machines help visitors traverse the Keweenaw Peninsula, many people in the region still choose to travel under the power of a single horse. While many trails in the western Upper Peninsula ...
Thomas Fournier Aug 17, 2026

Keweenaw Historical Society marks the 100th anniversary of the wreck of the City of Bangor
Late in the 1926 shipping season, a storm ran two ships aground near the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula. The City of Bangor, a freighter carrying cars from Detroit to Duluth, and the Thomas Maytham, ca...
Thomas Fournier Aug 17, 2026

KBOCC earns $700,000 NSF award to expand student learning opportunities in applied research
Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College announced Friday it will receive a $700,000 National Science Foundation award to strengthen applied research and hands-on student learning opportunities. The cros...
Thomas Fournier Aug 17, 2026

Tigers Swept by Chisox, Fall Back in AL Central - Monday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. MLB The Tigers couldn't hold an early lead, and lost to the White Sox 7-5 yesterday. Brett Callahan's two-run triple in his first major league at...
Todd Overbeek Aug 17, 2026

Tigers Drop Second-Straight to White Sox - Sunday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. MLB Andrew Benintendi's RBI single off Drew Sommers in the seventh inning gave the White Sox a 4-3 victory over the Tigers Saturday. Eduardo Vale...
Todd Overbeek Aug 16, 2026

Copper Country Today - August 15, 2026
On this week's Coppe Country Today: Sigrid Resh of the Keweenaw Invasive Species Management Area talks with host Tim Peters about their Barberry trade-up program and other initiatives. Hear the conver...
Todd Overbeek Aug 15, 2026

Jobe Struggles as Tigers Fall - Saturday Sports Wrap
Click on the highlighted scores for more game details. MLB The Tigers opened their weekend series against the division-leading White Sox with a 9-5 loss last evening. Detroit led briefly thanks to a t...
Todd Overbeek Aug 15, 2026

Local law enforcement supports Special Olympics with upcoming events
Law enforcement responded early this morning to Dunkin' of Houghton-not for donuts and coffee, but to collect donations supporting Special Olympics of Michigan. City of Houghton Police Lieutenant Nick...
Thomas Fournier Aug 14, 2026 Screenshot

UPCAP plans caregivers retreat and dementia caregiving series in September
The Upper Peninsula Commission for Area Progress will host a caregivers retreat next month at Fortune Lake Camp in Crystal Falls designed to provide rest and rejuvenation for non-professional family c...
Thomas Fournier Aug 14, 2026

KBOCC invites the community and students to a celebration before the start of a new school year
Starting a new school year on the right foot is important. By bringing a college's campus community together before school starts, students can interact with faculty, staff and organizations that supp...
Thomas Fournier Aug 14, 2026





