Category Archives: Local News

Ann Volrath and Jodi Reynolds will officially retire. To fill their shoes, Amy Zawada and Gail Kotajarvi-Gerard will step up. Last night the city council appointed Zawada and Kotajarvi-Gerard to new r...

Calumet Copper Kings bring home trophies in all kinds of competitions. And next week the CLK CopperBots will look to bring home a international piece of hardware from Houston. The Copper Bots recently...

The Incredible Bank happily supports the big summer kick-off in the Copper Country. Recently the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce announced Incredible Bank will join the fun as this year's Fireworks Spons...

The Carnegie Museum of the Keweenaw is a community resource. It is available to use for free as a gathering space for community groups, presentations, or meetings. The museum throughout the year works...

The Aspirus Health Auxiliary seeks gently used items for the annual book sale supporting auxiliary programs with hospital patients. In May the Asiprus Health Auxiliary will host its annual one-day boo...

Visit Keweenaw joins the ranks of a global tourism collective. On Tuesday Visit Keweenaw announced it will join the Destination Think's Global Collective. While each destination is a part of the colle...

Parade of Nations Organizers announce the 2025 theme and share details of the annual essay scholarship program and logo contest. In 2025, organizers selected games around the world as the parade's the...

The Upper Peninsula Poet Laureate Foundation will plan to add a new member after applications open next week. The Upper Peninsula Poet Laureate promotes poetry and spoken word art appreciation with re...

Alongside community stakeholders, the Copper Country League of Women Voters has worked with the Houghton County Jail Task Force in the past two years to prepare the county to ask residents for a milla...

The Better Business Bureau chapters of Michigan will combine efforts and merge as one entity. Last week the Eastern and Western Michigan BBB announced the groups will merge to become the Better Busine...