Category Archives: News

Hancock Public Schools voters approve a $13 million bond referendum in November
Hancock Public Schools' (HPS) voters approved a $13 million referendum bond in Tuesday's Nov. 4 election. Leading up to election day, the district explained that this was an opportunity to redress its...
Thomas Fournier Nov 06, 2025

2025 Giving Tuesday Non-profits: Baraga County Shelter Home
Connecting with the community helps bring awareness to domestic violence issues in the copper country. Building stronger connections to a support system means victims of assault have people they can r...
Thomas Fournier Nov 05, 2025

Listen UP Radio informs the community of an advertising scam
A media outlet in the Copper Country shares a scam alert related to potential advertising. Listen UP Radio of Houghton shares the company has been contacted by two clients informing them of a scam cal...
Thomas Fournier Nov 05, 2025

Overnight parking restrictions start in the Copper Country
Communities throughout the Copper Country have implemented overnight parking rules. Each winter cities, townships, and villages in the Keweenaw Peninsula begin overnight parking polices on November 1s...
Thomas Fournier Nov 05, 2025

Keweenaw Health Foundation supports CLK Council of Churches Thanksgiving Meal Drive-thru site
Everyone deserves a home cooked meal on Thanksgiving. Keweenaw Health Foundation thinks so. On Tuesday, the foundation announced a five-thousand-dollar donation that will support the CLK Council of Ch...
Thomas Fournier Nov 05, 2025

Voters approve charter amendments, a $13 million referendum bond, and millage renewals
Results are in. Across Houghton County and Ontonagon County close to 2,000 people participated in the consolidated election. In Ontonagon County voters passed the Ewen Trout Creek School District oper...
Thomas Fournier Nov 05, 2025

One Injured in Houghton Crash
One person was injured in a two-car crash this morning in the City of Houghton. The Houghton Police Department was called out around 8:00 to the intersection of Portage Street and Sharon Avenue. They ...
Todd Overbeek Nov 04, 2025

Copper Country Angel Mission continues to coat the Copper Country
Copper Country Angel Mission and Salvation Army continue to provide coats for people that missed the recent pop-up free store. On Friday and Saturday Coat the Copper Country will open for a final push...
Thomas Fournier Nov 04, 2025

Transmission infrastructure issue causes widespread outage in the western Upper Peninsula
UPPCO provides an update on the cause of a widespread power outage on Monday. In the afternoon around 1:30 pm several thousand UPPCO customers were affected by a power outage. UPPCO reported that the ...
Thomas Fournier Nov 04, 2025

2025 Giving Tuesday Non-profits: 31 Backpacks
Across the Copper Country Intermediate School District 31 backpacks deliver groceries to students each week. The program even sends students home with extra food during holiday breaks in the academic ...
Thomas Fournier Nov 04, 2025






