Category Archives: Local News

Music connects people to time and place while inspiring new perspectives on the world. This Friday, the Rozsa Center will showcase that power through "Are We Dreaming the Same Dream?" featuring compos...

Editor's note: The BKG Ride Against Abuse is on October 5th, Monday, at 6 pm. The event will meet at the Americ-Inn in Calumet. The Barbara Kettle Gundlach Shelter Home will host its annual Ride Again...

The Michigan Department of Transportation urges all motorists to wear their seatbelt at all times when travelling in a car. Michigan State Police has recently calculated that, compared to last year, t...

Gogebic Community College has just received a $476,496 grant to expand advanced manufacturing training in the Western Upper Peninsula. The grant, awarded through the Michigan Industry-Driven Skills Tr...

The Keweenaw Community Foundation's Youth Advisory Council will award $50,000 to projects through a new grant program. The Youth Advisory Council, led by students in the Copper Country committed to ma...

CLK VFW Post 3900 and its auxiliary will host a special breakfast fundraiser this weekend to support Soldier Salvation, a new veterans organization in the Copper Country providing transitional housing...

Prosecutor Dan Helmer said no plea deal has been offered to Sze Wenn Tiang, 45, of Houghton in connection with a fatal motorcycle crash that killed two riders in August. Tiang faces two counts of vehi...

Applicants for Michigan's home heating tax credit must submit their application by Sep. 30 to qualify for the program. Qualified homeowners and renters are able to apply for the credit each season to ...

Ottawa National Forest will be closing a number of roads in its vicinity due to the Lake Superior Performance Rally race that will be held on Oct. 9 and 10. To ensure safety of the race drivers as wel...

General Motors continues to support STEM education by donating another $1.5 million to the MiSTEM Network and MTEC SmartZone. The recent donation brings GM's total support for science, technology, eng...