Category Archives: Local News

Jibba Jabba introduces the Best Stomp competition to the sport of snowboarding
Snowboarding in downtown Houghton took a ten-year break before returning in 2023. The electric atmosphere of the event brings hundreds of spectators, professional snowboarders, and Redbull as a sponso...
Thomas Fournier Feb 14, 2025

Houghton closes Huron Street and posts notices for traffic changes during Jibba Jabba
Jibba Jabba's course appears almost as quickly as the Huron Street snow hill disappears. The Houghton Department of Public Works will close Huron Street today to construct the snow course for the week...
Thomas Fournier Feb 13, 2025

Houghton County Sheriff Office encourages drivers to give plows more space while on the road
Snow plows are back out maintaining the Copper Country's roadways after multiple snow squalls dropped more than a few inches of snow. In the last week the Copper Country's snow tracker, the Keweenaw C...
Thomas Fournier Feb 13, 2025

Right Start UP commits Giving Tuesday donations toward HCH Theater improvements
The Rights Start UP commits to giving Tuesday donations to infrastructure projects upgrading the Hancock Community Hub. Right Start UP recently announced it has decided where it will start work inside...
Thomas Fournier Feb 13, 2025

GLSV and Loukus Technologies infused with $10 M state investment for expansion and job creation
MEDC invests 10 million dollars in two Keweenaw Peninsula technology companies supporting the creating of 90 new jobs. Yesterday Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist arrived in Houghton to announce Gr...
Thomas Fournier Feb 13, 2025

Winter Carnival continues to fill hotels, restaurants and campus
It's been seven days and Michigan Tech's hard work still stands tall. In 2024 many of the All-nighter and month-long winter carnival snow statues lost a lot of the details that students worked hard to...
Thomas Fournier Feb 13, 2025

Michigan DNR seeks public assistance to track possible presence of wolves in the northern Lower Peninsula
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources will begin a community-based survey in the northern Lower Peninsula in search of wolves. Today the Michigan DNR announced it seeks public assistance to con...
Thomas Fournier Feb 12, 2025

Copper Shores cares for caregivers with a new support group in the Copper Country
A support group in the community will care for the caregivers of the Copper Country. In two weeks the Copper Shores Community Health Foundation will establish the Caregivers Connections support group ...
Thomas Fournier Feb 12, 2025

A new Community Development Corporation commits to addressing housing in L'Anse
Baraga County has launched a new area-focused development corporation in the region. On Tuesday the Baraga County Chamber of Commerce announced its support and participation in the newly formed L'Anse...
Thomas Fournier Feb 12, 2025

Ontonagon Theater continues to re-write classic fairy tales with an Upper Peninsula twist
Taking something classic and making it your own sounds like a classic yooper tale. This weekend the Ontonagon Theater will host the latest in its series of shows turning stories found in the public do...
Thomas Fournier Feb 12, 2025