Category Archives: Local News

The clean-up from yesterday's blizzard continues, and, as uncomfortable as the day was, the Keweenaw Peninsula seems to have gotten off relatively easily. National Weather Service snowfall totals for ...

So... you have a lot of snow to shovel. Don't let the effort send you to the emergency room. The National Institutes of Health reports that snow shoveling results in about 11,500 injuries per year on ...

The Western Upper Peninsula will be represented at one of the nation's premier semiquincentennial events next year. The Marty's Goldenaires Drum and Bugle Corp from Bessemer has accepted an invitation...

Friends and neighbors are banding together to help some Dollar Bay residents whose home was severely damaged in a fire Saturday afternoon. Dollar Bay firefighters were called out around 1:45 to a hous...

Michigan's Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy released the 2025 State of the Great Lakes Report, reviewing the department's accomplishments, issues, initiatives and challenges related t...

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel notified residents of four consumer protection alerts ahead of the holidays, warning that scammers remain active even after gifts have been unwrapped. The holiday...

A growing community and growing economy require leaders to take charge. After the start of the new year, the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce will hold the organization's annual board of directors' electi...

The Christmas holiday brings together families and friends. While many will gather inside homes across the region, some of the Upper Peninsula's elderly folk will meet at churches and community halls ...

There's plenty to celebrate during the holiday season. Between Christmas and New Year's Day plenty of people will head out on the road. Throughout the community law enforcement, families and AAA want ...

The Herman Gundlach Donor Advised Fund awarded more than $60,000 to 36 nonprofit organizations in 2025. Earlier in December the Keweenaw Community Foundation announced the Herman Gundlach Donor Advise...