Category Archives: Local News

The Gogebic-Ontonagon Forest Assistance Program forester will host a tree pruning workshop next week. Sawyer Forbes began working in Gogebic and Ontonagon counties in 2025 to lead the region's Forest ...

The City of Houghton seeks vendors for the 2026 Locavore festival. The city of Houghton has helped kick off the Copper Country's annual farmer's market season with a fun festival at the waterfront pie...

Keweenaw Community Health Foundation will support Superior Search and Rescue's K-9 search team with a grant award. Recently, the Superior Search and Rescue group announced it has received a $5,000 gra...

Copper Shores Community Health Foundation wants to know what has kept the community from reaching its nutrition goals. In 2023, the foundation collected responses from the first community nutrition su...

The Friends of the Michigan Tech Library will host its used book sale, offering entertainment options for readers while supporting student success. The sale opens tonight for members and students on c...

Seniors graduating at the end of spring will gear up to begin college during an upcoming festival. In April, MTU GEAR UP and TRIO precollege programs host the Bright Futures Fair with the Copper Count...

For close to 100 years, Trout Unlimited chapters across the United States have protected cold water ecosystems with conservation efforts. These local chapters organize groups of residents from a wide ...

Close to 60 workdays will have already passed by March 26, 2026. On Tuesday the Copper Country League of Women Voters marked Equal Pay Day. During the day the local organization talked with Michigan T...

Copper Shores Community Health Foundation returns as the 2026 Bridgefest presenting sponsor. Bridgefest this summer brings excitement to the Keweenaw Peninsula to celebrate the Portage Lake Lift Bridg...

The Rozsa Center helps Michigan Technological University keep its traditions with exciting concerts throughout the year. This weekend the Rozsa Center hosts the Michigan Tech Jazz Ensemble's Don Keran...