Category Archives: News

Copper Country Trout Unlimited reintroduces the chapter to the wider Keweenaw Peninsula communities
For close to 100 years, Trout Unlimited chapters across the United States have protected cold water ecosystems with conservation efforts. These local chapters organize groups of residents from a wide ...
Thomas Fournier Mar 25, 2026

League of Women Voters speaks with students ahead of Equal Pay Day
Close to 60 workdays will have already passed by March 26, 2026. On Tuesday the Copper Country League of Women Voters marked Equal Pay Day. During the day the local organization talked with Michigan T...
Thomas Fournier Mar 24, 2026

Copper Shores Community Health Foundation returns as the Bridgefest presenting sponsor for a second year
Copper Shores Community Health Foundation returns as the 2026 Bridgefest presenting sponsor. Bridgefest this summer brings excitement to the Keweenaw Peninsula to celebrate the Portage Lake Lift Bridg...
Thomas Fournier Mar 24, 2026

Don Keranen Jazz Festival invites Braxton Cook to this weekend's performances
The Rozsa Center helps Michigan Technological University keep its traditions with exciting concerts throughout the year. This weekend the Rozsa Center hosts the Michigan Tech Jazz Ensemble's Don Keran...
Thomas Fournier Mar 24, 2026

Copper Country Boat Tours looks forward to exploring winter in the Keweenaw in a new way
A new recreation opportunity has arrived on the Keweenaw Peninsula as snowmobiles and off-road vehicles gain company from an unexpected addition: a hovercraft. On Monday, Visit Keweenaw joined Dominic...
Thomas Fournier Mar 24, 2026

COR Powersports and Visit Keweenaw organize Copper Country 100 ahead of spring
The Porcupine Mountains 100 snowmobile race will move to Houghton this weekend after organizers canceled the original event due to weather conditions. A large storm system that narrowly missed the Kew...
Thomas Fournier Mar 23, 2026

Little Brothers prepares for delicious Easter Sunday meals in the Upper Peninsula
Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly is preparing to serve Easter meals to seniors throughout the region on April 5. The organization will host six in-person meal sites and operate six delivery head...
Thomas Fournier Mar 23, 2026

Michigan and Finland renew the 2020 Memorandum of understanding
Michigan and Finland have renewed their economic partnership, extending a memorandum of understanding that connects regional economies, businesses and research institutions. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer orig...
Thomas Fournier Mar 23, 2026

Three Arrested in Ontonagon County
Three men face charges after their arrest in Ontonagon County's Stannard Township Thursday. The Ontonagon County Sheriff's Department reports that a deputy stopped the vehicle. Details about what ensu...
Todd Overbeek Mar 20, 2026

Great Lakes Sound and Vibration celebrates large expansion to facility in Calumet
Expanding into the future as a driver in America's defense industry. Today Great Lakes Sound and Vibration in Calumet celebrated the completion of a 48.5 million and 26,000 Square foot expansion on Fr...
Thomas Fournier Mar 20, 2026






