Category Archives: Local News

A university's archives can hold a wealth of knowledge. The departments often preserve little known local history as well. This week, the Central Upper Peninsula and Northern Michigan University Archi...

The Great Lakes Shipwreck Historical Society (GLSHS) and film studio Big Fin Pictures have announced the release of "We Finished Their Journey: the story of the Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Swim," a com...

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy will soon ask for public comment on the White Pine North Project. In September, the state received a permit application for the mining o...

A beloved food returns to the spotlight on Saturday with the revival of Houghton's Potato Festival. From the 1920s until 1980, the city hosted a potato festival celebrating the hearty crop that local ...

Ontonagon Area Schools is asking voters to renew a five-year bus maintenance millage on the November 3 ballot. The district plans to use the funds to replace three buses in its fleet. The district's f...

U.S. Senators to Michigan Gary Peters and Elissa Slotkin are announcing that fire departments across Northern Michigan are going to be receiving over $2.1 million in grant funds combined for capital i...

A pickup truck burst began to expel smoke at Houghton High School last night during the Houghton vs. Hancock volleyball game. At about 8:00 p.m. on Oct. 22, the Houghton Fire Department was notified o...

After nearly three decades of deliberation, Hancock City Council approved a resolution to begin the developing process to improve access to city-owned waterfront property on Navy Street. In the 1990s,...

City Councilor Whitney Warstler will step down from her positions with the city due to other obligations. Warstler informed the city she can no longer commit the time required to serve on the city cou...

October is breast cancer awareness month and Aspirus Health is encouraging women across the Copper Country to schedule regular mammograms to detect breast cancer early on while taking advantage of new...