HANCOCK – The Copper Country Intermediate School District announced the launch of the Green Bandana Project in select schools in the Copper Country. The project is a student-led initiative for high school and college students to raise awareness of mental health, reduce stigma and connect ...

MARQUETTE — The Keweenaw County community of Ahmeek is among a trio of Upper Peninsula municipalities that are among more than two dozen statewide to receive state grants for road repair. The Village of Ahmeek was awarded $101,956 to repair Wright and Hubbell streets. Also in the western UP, ...

WASHINGTON — Funding for scores of Head Start programs hung in the balance as the government shutdown continued this week without an end in sight. Unless a deal is reached to end the ongoing funding lapse that began Oct. 1, more than 65,000 children in 140 local Head Start programs across ...

MARQUETTE — A new public service announcement in Michigan is spotlighting ways to access abortions outside of in-person clinical services, with a focus on the Upper Peninsula — which only has one abortion provider, an urgent care clinic in Marquette. The campaign primarily focuses on the ...

HOUGHTON ­- The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has place the traffic signal on M-26 at Houghton Canal Road in Houghton into flash mode for the season as of early this morning. The signal will flash yellow for M-26 and flash red for Houghton Canal Road for the winter season. ...

CALUMET – After revitalization efforts were placed on hold last month due to lack of funding, the Bring Back Calumet Taskforce has received a $10,000 donation from a Ruppe family member with ties to the area. A Friday release from the Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance (KEDA) says the ...