Category Archives: News

The MSP Calumet Post collects more than 5,100 pounds of food for local pantries
During December Michigan State Police Troopers delivered more than tickets to drivers speeding on highways or delivered assistance to a car stuck in a snow bank. The state police agency delivered some...
Site Staff Dec 24, 2024

Christmas Eve luminaries honor lives lost over one-hundred years ago
For many around the country, Christmas time delivers joy and cheer. That was the goal for a group at a Christmas Eve party held in Calumet over 100 hundred years ago. But the joy quickly turned to tra...
Site Staff Dec 24, 2024

MDOT receives a $467,000 grant to analyze and reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions
The United States Federal highway Administration awards MDOT a portion of 135 million dollars in grant funds to support wildlife crossings on major highways. On Monday the Michigan Department of Trans...
Site Staff Dec 24, 2024

Strong start to 2024-25's winter could mean relief for some businesses
A little more than 75 inches of snow has landed in the Keweenaw Peninsula. Since Thanksgiving, the region has felt the warm embrace, or perhaps cold embrace, of winter's return in the Copper Country. ...
Site Staff Dec 24, 2024 Snowmobilers make a pit stop at a gas station along M-28 in Bergland in Ontonagon County. Credit: Michigan Department of Natural Resources.

KCF Youth Advisory Council brings together Copper Country families for holiday cheer and a Christmas Carol
The Keweenaw Community Foundation Youth Advisory Council brought together young people in the Copper Country for some holiday cheer earlier this month. During a Youth Advisory Council social event, st...
Site Staff Dec 23, 2024

Heikinapaiva cultural activities and events taking place before the bear rolls over
The parade, wife-carrying races, and circle dances will gather the community on Hancock's Quincy Green next month. But until Heikipaiva returns the Copper Country will enjoy cultural enrichment activi...
Site Staff Dec 23, 2024

Michigan Senate Appropriations Committee approves $247 Million in SOAR subsidies, leaves out $50 Million for the Copperwood Mine project
The Michigan Senate Appropriations Committee will not approve funding that would support the Copper wood mine development in Gogebic County. Last Week the Michigan Senate appropriations committee appr...
Site Staff Dec 23, 2024

Northern Michigan University will oversee a $2.5 Million research grant addressing poverty and opioid use disorder
Northern Michigan University will oversee a 2.5 million dollar grant program to address addiction, employment, and poverty in the Upper Peninsula. On Friday Northern Michigan University announced the ...
Site Staff Dec 23, 2024

It's time to Ride Right in the Copper Country
The Lift Bridge trail has opened, and the snowmobile season is starting in the Copper Country. At the start of every season, trail clubs work with private land owners, and the Department of Natural Re...
Site Staff Dec 23, 2024

Pat's Foods contribute $18,000 toward the Agassiz Field Scoreboard project
Pat's Foods donates funds to support replacing the Calumet Laurium Keweenaw Schools scoreboard. Recently Pat's Food donated 18,000 dollars to CLK Schools' athletics to contribute to the Agassiz field ...
Site Staff Dec 20, 2024