Category Archives: News

Copper Country Intermediate School District seeks to resolve space challenges, and improve education outcomes by modernizing facilities in Baraga and Houghton Counties
The Copper Country Intermediate School District serves more than 6500 students across three counties. Since the start, it has worked to provide essential services for the Baraga, Houghton, and Keweena...
Thomas Fournier Jun 02, 2025

Construction Technology Program students show off their hard work during an open house
Today Houghton's community toured the CCISD CTE construction technology program's latest build. The home sits on Red Oak Lane, on a hill, overlooking the city. Students worked closely with local contr...
Thomas Fournier May 30, 2025

Annual inspections on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge start Monday
On Monday MDOT will begin annual inspections on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge. Crews will start work by closing the outside northbound lane at 830 am. Work will continue unti3:00 pm. On Tuesday crews w...
Thomas Fournier May 30, 2025

Houghton County's Fair Board to receive $63,200 grant award from MDARD
MDARD awards 1.6 million dollars to county fair boards supporting infrastructure improvements around the state. Each year Michigan celebrates the state's communities and agricultural heritage with 80 ...
Thomas Fournier May 30, 2025

Families keep the Finnish language alive in the Copper Country of Michigan
Across generations, regions, and families, language drives connections and keeps cultures alive. Martin Johnson grew up in Toivola and descended from some of the community's first Finnish Americans to...
Thomas Fournier May 30, 2025

MI-TRALE awards four scholarships supported by the Marvin Westerdahl Memorial Scholarship Fund
MI TRALE awards scholarships to students. Recently MI TRALE announced the trail recreation nonprofit will award four scholarships to students and support education opportunities. Board and scholarship...
Thomas Fournier May 29, 2025

Houghton approves the 2025-26 budget, will need to scale down Sharon Avenue paving project
Houghton will award a 1.1 million dollar paving project to Bacco Construction. Last night the city council approved Bacco's lone bid for the project. The company's bid came in a little higher than ant...
Thomas Fournier May 29, 2025

No injuries reported in Chassell fire
Officials investigate the cause of a structure fire in Chassell. On Tuesday Chassell firefighters were dispatched to 4100 North Entry Road for a structure fire at 545 am. First responders found reside...
Thomas Fournier May 29, 2025

Calumet's progress to rejuvenate 5th Street starts with the community
Calumet businesses and people drive the community's progress. Recently the Frozen Farms Company completed its first-floor expansion and two upstairs housing units. The project received 324,000 in gran...
Thomas Fournier May 29, 2025

Meet up and Eat up provided close to 200,000 meals to students in the Copper Country in 2024
Over eleven weeks last summer Houghton, Hancock, and Calumet schools provided more than 190,000 meals to students. The meet-up and eat-up summer meals program returns in 2025. And school districts wan...
Thomas Fournier May 28, 2025






