Category Archives: News

On Friday, Visit Keweenaw welcomes the community to its new office in downtown Houghton. The tourism bureau shares the space with the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce, which recently moved out of the Hodg...

Every winter, home furnaces switch on for the next few months. But for some households, heat still comes from wood fuel. In Michigan's Copper Country, Little Brothers' volunteers help many of these ho...

The Keweenaw County Sheriff's Office will soon kick off its annual No Kid Without a Christmas program, delivering holiday joy to children and families across the county. For more than 25 years, the sh...

Breakwater Federal Credit Union has added financial literacy books to Free Little Libraries in the Keweenaw Peninsula to help young readers learn about money management. The credit union recently visi...

Baraga Houghton Keweenaw Child Development helps families and kids in the copper country build the confidence and skills they'll need to succeed. Since 1974 BHK Child Development has been a space for ...

A small literacy program has made a significant impact in Michigan's Copper Country for nearly 60 years, helping residents learn English as a second language and improve their daily communication skil...

As residents in the Copper Country age, they might begin feeling the impacts of loneliness on their health. Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly has been an ear to listen and a friend that visits fo...

Helping people comes naturally to communities that rely on each other, and recent efforts across the Copper Country have shown support for families and households needing access to food security. Rece...

The Michigan Department of Transportation announced Wednesday it will commit $11 million in federal funds to support nine Transportation Alternatives Program grant awards. MDOT has issued a conditiona...

Covering over 1,000 square miles and responding at all hours of the day, emergency responders need community support so they can keep doing their jobs to keep people safe during an incident. Mercy EMS...