Category Archives: Local News

The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community reorganized its tribal council for 2026. During the reorganizational meeting held last week, the tribe's council certified the most recent election results, welcoming...

The students have set down drills and soldering tools. The final second has taken its last tick. And Michigan Tech's Copper Country Robotics team has completed the three-day robot challenge. Team memb...

CyberHusky high school students performed well at the 2025 CyberPatriot National Youth Cyber Defense Competition. Recently, Houghton high school students, part of Michigan Tech's CyberHusky, a cyberse...

The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is requesting public comment on a proposal to prevent firewood from being transported into the state in an effort to evade invasive species...

Next week, Calumet Laurium Keweenaw JROTC's program says a bittersweet goodbye to one of its leaders for the past 28 years. Major Mike Farley began working with CLK students in the JROTC program in 19...

A few miles outside of downtown L'Anse sits a building that the community knows well. For nearly 90 years, the Whitman family has owned and operated the Whirl-I-Gig. Originally a dance hall that has b...

Michigan's standoff over work project funds continues as House Speaker Matt Hall files a lawsuit against state department offices. On Jan. 9, following Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel's statemen...

Western Upper Peninsula counties have partnered in the past five years to begin preparing a materials management plan as the state of Michigan will start to require each county to transition from soli...

Senator Gary Peters' bipartisan legislation supporting the USGS Great Lakes Science Center has been signed into law. Following federal efforts by DOGE in 2025 to reduce staff across federal department...

While homeowners often plan home improvement projects for summer, it's important to consider home safety year-round. In January, the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department assists homeowners in tes...