Category Archives: Local News

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...