Category Archives: Local News

Reinvigorating the copper country's communities will take a team effort. Tomorrow developers interested in revitalizing properties in Hancock and Houghton will meet with Keweenaw Economic Development ...

The Keweenaw Community Foundation launches the Bring Back Calumet Initiative Fund. The new special project fund will dedicate money toward revitalizing downtown Calumet. The community-driven effort wi...

110th district Representative Greg Markkanen says community colleges are the backbone of higher education following testimony at a House appropriations subcommittee hearing. Representatives of the Mic...

The Alfred Erickson American Legion's veterans invite the Copper Country to a delicious fundraiser supporting veterans' projects in the community. On Sunday the Alfred Erickson Post in Hancock will ho...

In 2023 students across the state began to have the option to eat breakfast and lunch at school. The free school meals program has been a huge help to many families struggling to make ends meet. By of...

Calumet has helped shape important parts of the country's history. And after 150 years there are plenty of stories to tell. At its height, the village was central to the activity of the county, which ...

Congratulations to the Copper Country for another year of accomplishing so much good in the community. Last night the Keweenaw Peninsula took a minute to slow down and recognize incredible people, pro...

A Laurium woman died in a fatal accident car-pedestrian accident on Saturday. At 3;30 am on March 15th the Houghton County Sheriff's office responded to a report of a car versus pedestrian crash on Ca...

From the ice rink to center stage Jeffers High School keeps on winning. Recently students from Jeffers High School joined other western upper peninsula students at Gogebic Community College in Ironwoo...

Paying for a medical degree costs time and money. It can take years for doctors to train in a specific field. And many months to balance working while pursuing a nursing degree. The Portage Health Aux...