Category Archives: Local News

A program from Michigan State University will be holding pasture walks across three locations in the Upper Peninsula next week. These pasture walks will help those involved in agriculture identify man...

Fall colors are painting the Upper Peninsula's landscape. The Copper Country is capitalizing on the season with Canal Colors Festival with a weekend celebration that combines four community events ove...

Music connects people to time and place while inspiring new perspectives on the world. This Friday, the Rozsa Center will showcase that power through "Are We Dreaming the Same Dream?" featuring compos...

Editor's note: The BKG Ride Against Abuse is on October 5th, Monday, at 6 pm. The event will meet at the Americ-Inn in Calumet. The Barbara Kettle Gundlach Shelter Home will host its annual Ride Again...

The Michigan Department of Transportation urges all motorists to wear their seatbelt at all times when travelling in a car. Michigan State Police has recently calculated that, compared to last year, t...

Gogebic Community College has just received a $476,496 grant to expand advanced manufacturing training in the Western Upper Peninsula. The grant, awarded through the Michigan Industry-Driven Skills Tr...

The Keweenaw Community Foundation's Youth Advisory Council will award $50,000 to projects through a new grant program. The Youth Advisory Council, led by students in the Copper Country committed to ma...

CLK VFW Post 3900 and its auxiliary will host a special breakfast fundraiser this weekend to support Soldier Salvation, a new veterans organization in the Copper Country providing transitional housing...

Prosecutor Dan Helmer said no plea deal has been offered to Sze Wenn Tiang, 45, of Houghton in connection with a fatal motorcycle crash that killed two riders in August. Tiang faces two counts of vehi...

Applicants for Michigan's home heating tax credit must submit their application by Sep. 30 to qualify for the program. Qualified homeowners and renters are able to apply for the credit each season to ...