Category Archives: Local News

Well, freezing temperatures need to return to the Arctic soon. Because the Swedetown Trails Club has plans on Sunday. Last week the Swedetown Trails Club cancelled the annual Winter Trails Day for wea...

Houghton City Council wrapped up a short meeting full of celebration. City Manager Eric Waara informed the council that City Clerk Ann Vollrath and City Treasurer Jodi Reynolds will retire later this ...

A retired Lake Linden DPW employee has been arraigned in Houghton County 97th District Court. The Michigan state police Calumet post began an investigation into 71-year-old Ronald Schmitt of Lake Lind...

An Alabama man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering in connection to a teen's suicide from sextortion. On Wednesday the acting attorney of the western district of Michigan Andre...

Hancock's Finnish heritage appears as street names, and flags hanging along Quincy Street, and in its people. The city started with only 20 Finnish immigrants who arrived before Finland would see its ...

Music deserves an intimate space for interpolations and creativity. And Jazz stylings certainly offer plenty of great changes of pace. This weekend the Michigan Tech Jazz Ensemble groups will perform ...

In the spring semester seniors likely know what campus they'll live in. However, they may not know where all of the funds will come from to pay for education after high school. At the beginning of Feb...

More than 40 local artists create artwork celebrating Finnish heritage and Hekinpaiva. On Saturday during Heikinpaiva in Hancock, the Copper Country Community Arts Center will open its gallery to the ...

Three people were injured in a two-vehicle accident on M-26 yesterday. Just before 8 pm last night, Troopers from the MSP Calumet Post responded to a multi-vehicle accident near Junction Road in Osceo...

The Keweenaw Community Foundation will soon open access to spring grants impacting the Copper Country. Last week the Keweenaw Community Foundation announced the spring 2025 round of grant funds will i...