Category Archives: Local News

The Tapiola Road will be closed to through traffic between Karvakko's Market and Kurts Korner Store from Monday to Thursday this week and all of next week, so the Houghton County Road Commission can r...

The Calumet Theatre restored the light at the top theater over the weekend. The chandelier glistens and sparkles with more than 1800 settings, and thousands of crystals. The project took close to two ...

Travelers driving down the m-26 hill into Houghton will notice a new stop in town. The Michigan Department of Transportation will test a new traffic signal on Wednesday before implementing the permane...

UPDATE: The body of the second person missing after a canoe mishap early Saturday in Copper Harbor has been recovered. The Keweenaw County Sheriff's Department confirmed the recovery late Sunday eveni...

Update: 6/30/2025 The Keweenaw County sheriff reports a second individual was recovered from water that was involved in the capsized canoe incident in Copper Harbor over the weekend. On Sunday the Kew...

It's time to party like it's 1999. Since 1969 Baraga County has celebrated the fourth of July with the community's lumberjack days. Each year the event has a new theme, that attendees will see shown o...

Art around the city can liven up any downtown. Recently the Keweenaw Community Foundation announced a new project that will create a movable mural to celebrate the spirit, stories, and identity of the...

An Ontonagon man was arrested for possession of child sexually abusive material following an investigation by the ICAC and MDOC. Michigan State Police have arrested 35-year-old Brent Edward Mayer of O...

Out of Michigan's 83 counties, 78 support local Meals on Wheels programming with a millage. In August Copper Shores hopes residents will want to add Houghton County to that list. Copper Shores has ope...

The Fourth of July is just around the corner, and next Friday can come soon enough. And Thursday too. Dollar Bay has plenty of fun during the summer, but the Fourth of July is a special time of the ye...