Category Archives: Local News

Voters will fill out ballots next Tuesday. On both sides of the portage canal voters in Houghton and portage township, Hancock voters will enter booths. The Houghton portage township schools district ...

Lake Linden Hubbell Schools continues to search for new superintendent to replace Brad Codere, who officially retired in June. In the interim, former Superintendent Craig Sundblad has filled in. Howev...

Many residents in the Keweenaw Peninsula picked up the gift of warmth over the weekend at the CCAM and Salvation Army Coat the Copper Country free store. And already the groups are back to work prepar...

Since 1993, the Lambda Chi Alpha Chapter at Michigan Tech has supported Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly. Some days the fraternity brothers chop wood for wood stoves. And other days the brothers...

The save the Ruppe Initiative marks a large step forward to preserve an iconic facade in calumet. The bring back calumet taskforce recently announced it has received a 10,000-dollar gift from a Ruppe ...

A campaign to send care packages to military members has started. The 3rd annual Military Care Package Drive with the Michigan Tech Young Americans for Freedom chapter, in partnership with the Hubbell...

For several months, the city of Houghton has worked on developing a new branding plan. Much of the branding work during that time has been talked over within a committee. Next week Houghton will host ...

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community welcomes new residents to the latest home in the area. The Mino Miikana Apartments, a new 25-unit building, houses both, studio and one-bedroom apartments. The project is...

Across the United States volunteers' impact communities. The civil air patrol is just one organization that works within communities to assist in emergencies. Public affairs officer Kevin Cadeau says ...

The traffic lights at M-26 and Canal Road will switch to a flashing yellow light for the winter starting tomorrow. When the Michigan department of Transportation announced work to place a traffic ligh...