Category Archives: Local News

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will apply lampricide to the Dead River and Carp River in Marquette from Aug. 11-20 to control invasive sea lamprey populations. The KBIC Natural Resources Departmen...

A Marquette resident has filed a complaint with the Michigan Board of Canvassers challenging the petition signatures submitted by independent 38th Senate District candidate Sara Cambensy for November ...

Ahead of the August 4th, 2026 primary Copper Country Today host Todd Van Dyke met with Senate 38 District republican candidates Beau LaFave and Dave Prestin to hear more about what each hopes to accom...

Residents of the Calumet Laurium Keweenaw School District will vote on a bond millage renewal in the August primary election to address deteriorating infrastructure across the district's campuses. The...

The Ontonagon Volunteer Fire Department responded Sunday to a grass fire on Scovia Road that measured approximately 60 feet by 60 feet. Firefighters located the fire just before 1 pm, as it began spre...

The Copper Country Breastfeeding Collaborative launched in March to help new parents and their babies with feeding and health support. Since then, the collaborative has held monthly meetups and progra...

Following the deadline put forth on Industry Day, the Houghton County Jail Committee has received rough-orders-of-magnitude (ROMs) from several potential contractors in order to ascertain the value th...

The Michigan Department of Transportation announced details for a culvert replacement project that will impact traffic across Keweenaw County. US-41, the main road connecting communities throughout th...

Verna Mize was once dubbed the First Lady of Lake Superior. Governor William Milliken of Michigan was the first to honor Mize with the title First Lady of Lake Superior in 1975. But the title obscured...

The Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday it will award a $1.5 million grant to Keweenaw Bay Indian Community as part of the Solid Waste Infrastructure for Recycling program. KBIC plans ...