Category Archives: News

The Houghton County Board of Commissioners met last night for their regular monthly meeting where they discussed some new community concerns. The chief item of interest on the agenda for most citizens...

Laurium welcomed the community to the new site of the department of public works. The $4.9 million project was quickly organized after a fire destroyed the original building in February 2025. Village ...

The Keweenaw Community Foundation's fall grant cycle will close the application period on Thursday. The fall grant cycle will support a variety of projects, programs and initiatives across the Keweena...

A Chassell man faces charges for serious sexual crimes in Houghton County. James Lawrence Schultz, 73 years old, has been charged with criminal sexual conduct in the third degree against an incapacita...

The Rotary Clubs of Houghton and Hancock as well as the Interact Clubs of Houghton and Hancock High Schools will be hosting the World's Largest Polio Walk for World Polio Day on Oct 24. This coordinat...

UPDATE: The Copper Country Angel Mission and Salvation Army will organize a third distribution site in L'Anse on October 31st at Sacred Heart Church from 8am to 5pm. Winter is coming. And the piles of...

Portage Lake Lift Bridge repairs will occur next week. Between Monday and Wednesday, the Michigan Department of Transportation will conduct nonstructural damage repairs to the bridge caused by high lo...

Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College's nursing program has received accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). The program began in 2023, and in may the campus c...

The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) along with Michigan Works! agencies statewide are celebrating the fact that Michigan is leading in helping job seekers get employed and ...

Firefighters continue to battle a raging wildfire in Baraga County that has been blazing since at least Friday. Specialized aircraft have been brought in to help fight the fire that is said to have be...