COPPER HARBOR – After 45 years years, Battery D, First Michigan Light Artillery reenactment and living history group will visit the Fort Wilkins for last time this weekend, according to DNR Michigan History Center Historian…
Civil Rights Commission rules against landlord
PETOSKEY - The Michigan Civil Rights Commission issued a ruling Monday against Cornock Rental Properties and owner Jeffrey Cornock of…
Jail committee to review ROMs
HOUGHTON – The Houghton County Jail Committee is conducting a meeting/ work session today at 4 p.m. in the Conference…
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HOUGHTON – While the Houghton County Board of Commissioners and its jail committee continue to pursue approval of millage to…
Addressing the housing crisis
HANCOCK — The Western U.P. Planning and Development Region (WUPPDR) has developed and launched a new website to tackle the…
New Isle Royale Heritage Alliance launched
ISLE ROYALE -- National Park Service officials have announced the launch of the Isle Royale Heritage Alliance, a new effort…
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Canal Run Canceled
HANCOCK — Race organizers have announced the 2026 Canal Run, scheduled for today has officially been canceled. In a post on the Canal Run's Facebook page, organizers said, "The race is officially canceled for 2026. Air quality is already on very edge of our acceptable level and all forecasting appears conditions will not improve…
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Credit Union cookout Friday HOUGHTON — Breakwater Federal Credit Union will host its Annual Member Appreciation…
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Athlete of the Week
Gold Standard pitcher Olivia Shank helped her team advance to the Copper Country Women's…
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Dear Annie
Dear Annie: My mom and I have always had a weird relationship. Throughout my…
Letters to the Editor
Letters to the editor
CORRUPT MONEY IN THE MICHIGAN ELECTIONS Editor: The amount of money that has been spent for one candidate, Haley Stevens, is almost $30 million by AIPAC, just for one candidate! Other candidates in Michigan are also receiving ridiculous funds also, and other funds from the Devos family such as John James and others! The…
Letters to the editor
Letters to the editor
Letters to the editor
Editorial
The meaning of the Fourth of July
Each July 4, Americans both at home and abroad, gather to celebrate. Under skies ablaze with fireworks, on streets lined with youngsters waiting for candy from passing floats or simply standing with family in front of grills smelling of seared burgers and hot dogs, we celebrate. We celebrate and remember the formation of a…
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Obituaries
Gerald "Jerry" Pekkala
DOLLAR BAY — Gerald J. “Jerry” Pekkala, of Dollar Bay, passed away at U.P. Health System Portage Hospital in Hancock on Wednesday, July 22, 2026 following an apparent heart attack. He was a son of the late Arvo and Sylvia Pekkala of Ripley and he graduated from Hancock High School in 1961. Jerry worked…