Category Archives: Local News

Copper Shores distributes AEDs to organizations across the Western UP
The Copper Shores Community Health Foundation has supplied several community organizations with automatic external defibrillators, better known as AEDs. Since 2022, the Foundation has distributed a nu...
Tim Peters Sep 24, 2026 An automated external defibrillator (AED) in a white box is an emergency defibrillator for people in cardiac arrest.

Copper Country Angel Mission organizes shoe distribution site for seniors in the Keweenaw Peninsula
The Copper Country Angel Mission will host a shoe distribution event Saturday to provide new sneakers to elderly residents throughout the region. The program will offer 125 pairs of shoes available fo...
Thomas Fournier Sep 23, 2026

Superior Health Foundation adds Holly Peoples to the board of directors
The Superior Health Foundation announced it has appointed Holly Peoples to its board of directors, bringing extensive regional expertise to the organization. Peoples serves Upper Peninsula communities...
Thomas Fournier Sep 23, 2026

Michigan Tech's Career Fair helps connect students with potential employment opportunities
Michigan Technological University will be holding their annual Fall Career Fair on Tuesday, September 29th in order to give employers and students the opportunity to connect with each other and discus...
Tim Peters Sep 23, 2026

Fall color season setting start in the Copper Country
As the Autumnal Equinox passes us, and the mornings become chilly, it's becoming clear that Fall is once again here in the Keweenaw. The first inklings of color in the foliage are starting to show, an...
Tim Peters Sep 23, 2026

Inaugural vote of the Keweenaw Heartlands Recreation and Natural Resources Authority Board includes 13 candidates
Keweenaw County residents will have a unique ballot in November with the addition of voting for members of the Recreation and Natural Resources Authority Board for the Keweenaw Heartlands. The ballot ...
Thomas Fournier Sep 22, 2026

A Calumet Township man was arraigned and charged with assault on an officer in 97th district court
Andrey Petrov, 40, was arraigned in 97th District Court following a multi-hour standoff with police last week. Petrov was arrested on September 15th after police responded to a fire in the roadway on ...
Thomas Fournier Sep 22, 2026

Bob Nousiainen receives the Oreste Chiantello Public Service Award for work around Ontonagon County
Bob Nousiainen received the Oreste "Chip" Chiantello Service Award from the Western Upper Peninsula Planning and Development Region and the Western Upper Peninsula Michigan Works Association on Monday...
Thomas Fournier Sep 22, 2026

Keweenaw Gives celebrates the good the Keweenaw Community Foundation performs
The Keweenaw Community Foundation, a local nonprofit group with an aim of helping projects that intend on helping the community in lasting, meaningful ways obtain funding, has announced "Keweenaw Give...
Tim Peters Sep 22, 2026

Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development funds new PFAS studies for PFAS Awareness Week
Michigan's Department of Agriculture and Rural Development committed $1.9 Million toward PFAS research projects in commemoration of PFAS Awareness Week. This research will help with efforts to mitigat...
Tim Peters Sep 22, 2026





