Category Archives: Local News

A Keweenaw County nonprofit that helps residents pay for medical expenses, utility bills and travel costs has partnered with Copper Shores for Giving Tuesday 2025. Keweenaw Random Acts of Community Ki...

After a house fire, residents of the Copper Country take care of each other. For many years, the region's first responders have organized a fund to support people and families in need after a fire or ...

Thanksgiving is right around the corner. While some families might head to the grocery store to prepare for the big feast, some others stopped by Faith Lutheran Church in Laurium on Saturday. Earlier ...

Studies have shown that having an animal around the home, such as a cat or dog, can help relieve stress, generally helps with happiness, and a family pet can help parents and children build confidence...

On Friday, Visit Keweenaw welcomes the community to its new office in downtown Houghton. The tourism bureau shares the space with the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce, which recently moved out of the Hodg...

Every winter, home furnaces switch on for the next few months. But for some households, heat still comes from wood fuel. In Michigan's Copper Country, Little Brothers' volunteers help many of these ho...

The Keweenaw County Sheriff's Office will soon kick off its annual No Kid Without a Christmas program, delivering holiday joy to children and families across the county. For more than 25 years, the sh...

Breakwater Federal Credit Union has added financial literacy books to Free Little Libraries in the Keweenaw Peninsula to help young readers learn about money management. The credit union recently visi...

Baraga Houghton Keweenaw Child Development helps families and kids in the copper country build the confidence and skills they'll need to succeed. Since 1974 BHK Child Development has been a space for ...

A small literacy program has made a significant impact in Michigan's Copper Country for nearly 60 years, helping residents learn English as a second language and improve their daily communication skil...