Category Archives: Local News
St Albert the Great finishes work on Our Lady of the Snows ice chapel while students compete in all-nighter statues
While students build their all-night statues, and groups put the finishing touches on large castles. The St. Albert the Great University Parish will complete the annual Ice Chapel ahead of the Ice Mas...
Feb 05, 2025
Border Patrol Agents in Sault Ste. Marie apprehend a suspected Venezuelan gang member and an Uzbekistan citizen
This story was produced by My UP news correspondent Andrew Lorinser, find the original story here. U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Sault Ste. Marie Station apprehended an undocumented individual fr...
Feb 05, 2025
Firefighters respond to an early morning blaze at the Laurium Department of Public Works garage
Laurium firefighters work to control a fire at the village's Department of public works garage Wednesday morning. A fire broke out early this morning, around 3:30 am, at the Laurium department of Publ...
Feb 05, 2025 On February 5th, the Laurium Department of Public Works garage caught fire. Crews extinguished the flames by mid-morning.
Director of the NMU Center for Forensic Sciences Jane Harris praised for assistance in Operation UNITED
Northern Michigan University's Center for Forensic Science director assists the FBI and Detroit and Philadelphia police departments in identifying exhumed human remains as a part of Operation UNITED. ...
Feb 04, 2025
Superior Health Foundation's annual gala will benefit the Beacon House and Trillium House in 2025
The Superior Health Foundation announces its non-profit partners benefitting from proceeds raised during the 2025 SHF Gala. In September the Superior Health Foundation will host its annual 2025 gala t...
Feb 04, 2025
Omega House and Houghton County Veteran Service Office call on representatives to solve hospice care facility challenge
Making sure the family can come around is an important aspect of hospice care around the country. However, that goal can become a challenge for hospice facilities in rural areas. And even more difficu...
Feb 04, 2025
Barnelopet allows families to explore the Maasto Hiihto Trails and experience skiing together
Barnelopet has introduced generations of copper country skiers to the sport. The 18th annual Barnelopet this weekend also reintroduces the event to the Swedetown Gorge. Hancock Trails Club treasurer J...
Feb 04, 2025 Submitted by Keweenaw Nordic Ski Club Treasurer John Diebel
Big Brothers Big Sisters announces plans for Copper Country Bowl for Kids' Sake in March
Anyone can bowl. Some are better than others. But it's always about having fun for a good cause. Big Brothers Big Sisters recently announced details for the 31st annual Copper Country Bowl for Kids' S...
Feb 04, 2025
MACVB names Visit Keweenaw's Brad Barnett as the Board of Directors Vice President
Visit Keweenaw's Executive Director earns a leadership position on the Michigan Association of Convention and Visitor's Bureaus board of directors. Recently the MACVB announced Visit Keweenaw's Brad B...
Feb 04, 2025
Wisconsin man dies in snowmobile accident in Stannard Township
A Wisconsin man was fatally injured in a snowmobile accident on Friday. At approximately 11 pm, the Ontonagon County Sheriff's Office responded to a snowmobile personal injury accident on trail #3 nea...
Feb 04, 2025
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