Category Archives: News

Deadline to apply for the MDHHS Home Heating Credit will close at the end of September
Summer's close and the start to fall means cold air will soon return to the Upper Peninsula. And homeowners will want to keep their house warmer than the temperatures outside. The Michigan Department ...
Thomas Fournier Aug 19, 2025

Incredible Bank helps Copper Country Angel Mission and Salvation Army finish stuffing a bus
Incredible Bank helps Copper Country Angel Mission and Salvation army supply the tools students will need in the classroom this year. Recently Incredible bank helped fill out the last of support neede...
Thomas Fournier Aug 19, 2025

Hancock celebrates an end to summer just as school starts back up
Students will return to school soon. And summer vacation will come to a close. But before the official end of summer Hancock will make sure the community has a little more fun. On September 6th Hancoc...
Thomas Fournier Aug 19, 2025

Calumet Golf Club celebrates 100th anniversary
Over the weekend the Calumet Golf Club celebrated 100 years and received the Crystal Trophy from the Golf Association of Michigan. The weekend's celebrations included a 100th Anniversary Golf Ball Dro...
Thomas Fournier Aug 19, 2025

Parent Cafe tackles screens, technology and AI as families prepare students for school
Technology has become a bigger part of education, and life. But it's still important to balance screen time with regular play and adventures. You know that screens are ubiquitous now. They are everywh...
Thomas Fournier Aug 19, 2025

East Fork Pasty Company takes home Best Pasty title for second year in a row
Pasty Fest has a new champion. Before the battle could start at Fifth street and Oak Street, Calumet filled with festival goers. At noon knights, followed by the Michigan Tech Pep Band and Calumet Mar...
Thomas Fournier Aug 18, 2025

Jail millage will not appear on a ballot until 2026 at the earliest
Houghton County will not see the jail project millage appear on a ballot until 2026 at the earliest. Last week Houghton County closed a meeting on Tuesday to avoid a potential violation of the open me...
Thomas Fournier Aug 18, 2025

Gabby's Guppies opens new childcare facility inside the Hancock Community Hub
A new childcare center in the Keweenaw Peninsula will help close the need in the community. On Friday Gabby Hodges opened her new childcare facility, Gabby's Guppies in Hancock. The space will open, f...
Thomas Fournier Aug 18, 2025

From the Ground and Visit Keweenaw introduce the first Thimbleberry Festival to the Copper Country
Just like how you can find small patches of thimbleberries in the Keweenaw Peninsula. This week the first Thimbleberry Festival will start small. From the ground board member Amanda Makala says the fa...
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Students start moving into campus Monday and Tuesday
They're coming back. Next week Michigan Technological University's student will officially begin moving back into the campus' dorms. While some student living off campus may have already started settl...
Thomas Fournier Aug 15, 2025






