MEMPHIS (AP) — Steve Cropper, the lean, soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing band Booker T. and the M.G.’s at Stax Records and co-wrote the classics “Green Onions,” "(Sittin' on) the Dock of the Bay" and "In the Midnight Hour," has died. He ...

HANCOCK — The Keweenaw Community Foundation is announced the creation of the Radio Keweenaw Fund, a new endowment dedicated to supporting the long-term sustainability and community-centered programming of Radio Keweenaw, a developing low-power FM radio station rooted in Calumet. Radio ...

HOUGHTON, MI – As the perfect prelude to the Christmas season, the combined choirs of Michigan Technological University will present Segei Rachmaninoff's iconic "Vespers" at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Lake Linden. Under the direction of Jared Anderson, chair of ...

HANCOCK — The 49th annual Poor Artists Sale will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the CLK Gymnasium in Calumet. The Poor Artists Sale is an annual juried holiday art fair hosted by the Copper Country Community Arts Council as a benefit for the Community Arts Center in Hancock. ...

HARRIS — Due to popular demand, the Island Resort and Casino announced a second show for comedian Jeff Foxworthy. Because the original date of Saturday, January 24 has sold out, an additional show has been added for Friday, January 23, 2026. Tickets for the new show are $60 and go on sale at ...

HOUGHTON — Men On Boats tells the ‘mostly’ true story of ten explorers who set off in 1869 to chart the Green and Colorado Rivers under the guidance of John Wesley Powell, a one-armed Civil War Veteran. This satirical retelling of historical events is made even more interesting by the ...