Category Archives: Local News
HPTS leadership hears community's concerns on bond millage impact to taxes and school of choice, adds new board member
Houghton Portage Township School district residents packed a full schoolhouse last night. Residents met with the HPTS school board to express concerns and support for a recently passed millage extensi...
Jan 21, 2025
BHK Community Action Agency distribute CSFP boxes to seniors
The community Action Agency will distribute food to seniors in the area today at the CAA Distribution Center. Starting at 11 am the agency will pack up a senior vehicle with a CSFP box. This event wil...
Jan 21, 2025
The Copper Country explores its Sauna culture throughout the week
It's time to fill the bucket and light the rock stove. Sauna Week has started in the Copper Country. Across the Keweenaw Peninsula, many residents enjoy joining a few friends inside a sauna. The pract...
Jan 20, 2025
Ontonagon Conservation District begins annual spring plant and three sale
Winter might have a hold over the Upper Peninsula. But the sun will warm up the ground enough to plant trees and plants in a couple of months. Each spring the Ontonagon Conservation District holds an ...
Jan 20, 2025
Keweenaw Health Foundation supports youth music and outdoors programs with $3,500 gift
The Keweenaw Health Foundation announces a 3500 dollar gift to support music education for youth in the Copper Country. Last Friday the Keweenaw Health Foundation announced it will gift 3500 dollars t...
Jan 20, 2025
Menominee Police discover possible shoe of missing woman
This story is covered by the My UP News team, follow along here. UPDATE (1/17/25): The Menominee City Police Department (MCPD) provided another update on the investigation into Lisa Pipp's disappearan...
Jan 19, 2025 Jackson
Wisconsin Woman Dies in Schoolcraft County Snowmobile Crash
A Wisconsin woman was killed Friday evening in a snowmobile crash in Schoolcraft County. Michigan State Police Troopers were called out at around 7:20 to the Haywire Grade Trail in Inwood Township. Ot...
Jan 18, 2025
Aron Woldeslassie and Mike Brody take the Rozsa Center stage in support of the Copper Country Humane Society
The Copper Country will howl with laughter alongside the Copper Country Humane Society at the Rozsa Center. Raise the Woof in 2025 features comedians Aron Woldeslassie and Mike Brody on stage. Over th...
Jan 17, 2025
Trails are prepared for free snowmobile weekend in Michigan
The Copper Country is crisscrossed by an extensive trail system carrying groups of snowmobiles to small towns and hideaways. This weekend the region will enjoy an influx of additional riders with the ...
Jan 17, 2025
Hancock expands ice skater opportunities inside and outdoors
It's nearly impossible for communities that embrace the winter to not enjoy ice skating. Throughout the Keweenaw Peninsula and Upper Peninsula, communities are home to indoor and outdoor ice rinks. Wi...
Jan 17, 2025 laurn grove park
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