Category Archives: Local News

Civil Air Patrol recruits cadets for professional development and emergency response training opportunities
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 ...
Thomas Fournier Oct 27, 2025 Photo from the Houghton County Memorial Airport website.

M-26/Canal Road traffic light flips to a flash mode for the winter
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...
Thomas Fournier Oct 27, 2025

Copper Country communities responding to challenges impacting housing needs
Around the Keweenaw Peninsula many communities have started conversations around the need and challenges happening with housing. The different types of dwellings that could fit in a neighborhood, leve...
Thomas Fournier Oct 27, 2025 Courtesy of Brockit Inc.

Frights, fun, raising money for a cause and doing something good for the community happens in Hancock
Fall has flown by. So many events have already filled downtown streets. And many have already taken up the search for beautiful fall colors. This weekend a few fall themed events have been promoted by...
Thomas Fournier Oct 23, 2025

Harm caused by mounting medical bills can impact more than a single patient
The cost of medical care alone can feel crippling. Last night U.S. Senate candidate Dr. Abdul El Sayed held a town hall hosted by the Keweenaw Unitarian Universalist Fellowship as a part of a recent t...
Thomas Fournier Oct 23, 2025

Houghton approves the Houghton Housing Commission's Waterworks rezoning request
Houghton will move forward with rezoning a five-acre parcel in west Houghton. Last night, the City Council approved rezoning a 5-acre lot in the Waterworks Neighborhood from R-1 to R-3. The Houghton H...
Thomas Fournier Oct 23, 2025

CLK students and Delaware Mine donate field trip admission fees to 31 Backpacks
Students from CLK schools on a recent field trip to the Delaware copper mine chose to donate the cost of admission to a non-profit impacting their peers. The students picked 31 Backpacks, that deliver...
Thomas Fournier Oct 22, 2025

2026 Michigan U.S. Senate race comes to the Upper Peninsula
With close to one year until the 2026 midterm elections, campaign season will pick up. And with it some visits from candidates to the Upper Peninsula and its communities. Senator Gary Peters announced...
Thomas Fournier Oct 22, 2025

M-26 and Canal Road signal will transition to a flashing yellow light
The M-26 and Canal Road traffic signal will transition to a flashing yellow for the winter. The Michigan Department of Transportation announced it will place the traffic signal on M-26 at the Canal Ro...
Thomas Fournier Oct 22, 2025

Annual Lights of Love begins collecting names of loved ones
The portage health auxiliary's annual lights of love event will occur in November. The annual lights of love gathers and places the names of loved ones lost in the past year on a banner placed in the ...
Thomas Fournier Oct 22, 2025






