Category Archives: Local News

The Keweenaw Community Foundation announces a fund supporting childcare in the Copper Country will soon begin accepting grant applications. Last week The Keweenaw Community Foundation announced it wil...

Tourism has a large impact on the Upper Peninsula's regional economy. From families visiting in the summer to hike trails or camp in historic campgrounds, to groups of friends spending a weekend warmi...

Early in 2024, Hancock finalized the city's purchase and takeover of the Houghton County Arena. Now called the HoCo Arena, the city worked with the former Portage Lake Multi-Educational Service Group ...

This story was produced by My UP News Correspondent Jessica Goska, find more details here. The Marquette area experienced its warmest year on record in 2024, according to the National Weather Service ...

The start of a new month means the start of a new awareness campaign encouraging residents to take care of their health. At the beginning of the year, the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department pro...

This story was produced by My UP News correspondent Andrew Lorinsor, find the original story here. As the new year unfolds, Lake Superior State University (LSSU) announced its 2025 Banished Words List...

The New Year's Baby has rung the bell and started 2025. A few weeks before the end of 2024, the Copper Country Great Start Collaborative started the organization's annual Diaper Drive for the Baby Clo...

Michigan Tech students help Main Street Calumet prepare the village for winter. This past November Michigan Technological University Sustainability Living Community program students helped Main Street...

From 1975 to 2025 the Canal Run has kept the Copper Country running along the Portage Canal in the Keweenaw Peninsula. This year marks the UPHS-Portage Canal Run's fiftieth race. Race Director Angela ...

For five decades, the Copper Country Humane Society has housed the pets of the Keweenaw Peninsula until they find a forever home. Over the past couple of years, the CCHS has had more dogs living at th...