Category Archives: News

Houghton Fire Department encourages residents practice fire prevention during annual awareness week
When the temperatures cool outside, heaters across the Upper Peninsula kick back on. Each winter house fire tends to increase during the winter partly due to homeowners using supplementary sources of ...
Thomas Fournier Oct 10, 2025

Baraga County Road Commission to close a portion of Pequaming Road for culvert replacement
Baraga County's Road Commission will close Pequaming Road until further notice starting next week. On Monday the road commission will have crews begin a culver replacement project on Pequaming road, b...
Thomas Fournier Oct 10, 2025

A toast to a local labor leader
Big Annie left a big impression on the Copper Country. While for many years, her name was seldom talked about, her story stayed alive through historical accounts of the 1913 Copper Strike. Many years ...
Thomas Fournier Oct 10, 2025

Houghton city council passes East Lakeshore rezoning back to the planning commission for more public engagement
Houghton's council will ask the planning commission to consider late changes to a project before potentially rezoning the site. Last night, the Houghton city council reviewed summary reports from the ...
Thomas Fournier Oct 09, 2025

Baraga County Historical Society breaks ground on 6,400 square foot addition to the History Museum
Baraga County Historical Society broke the ground on a major expansion project on Wednesday. In the months leading up to the shovels picking up dirt, historical society worked with Jay Wakefield to de...
Thomas Fournier Oct 09, 2025

Copper Island Academy breaks ground on a new high school
In 2021, Copper Island Academy established an elementary school and middle school. The copper country's charter school later built a separate gymnasium for physical education programs and indoor pract...
Thomas Fournier Oct 09, 2025

Michigan Technological University celebrates the opening of a new health research center in Grand Rapids
Michigan Technological University's Health Research Institute recently celebrated the opening of a center in Grand Rapids. Last week, Michigan Tech HRI leaders and researchers traveled to Grand Rapids...
Thomas Fournier Oct 08, 2025

Keweenaw Community Foundation and area non-profits learn how charitable gaming can support organizations
Basket raffles, 50/50 drawings, and bingo nights can bring the community together any night. But it feels a bit more special when taking a chance also supports a great cause. Yesterday several copper ...
Thomas Fournier Oct 08, 2025

Boo on the Bay brings families, witches, and wagon rides to L'Anse
Boo on the Bay will welcome ghouls, witches, and many more characters on Friday. The annual event put on by the L'Anse downtown development authority has brought families to the village's downtown sin...
Thomas Fournier Oct 08, 2025

Walk and Roll to School Day encourages pedestrian safety practices
Today is Walk and Roll to School Day in honor of Pedestrian Safety Month. The annual event encourages communities to consider walking or riding a bike to work or school as an initiative to make commun...
Thomas Fournier Oct 08, 2025






