HANCOCK – The Polar Plunge is on schedule from 1-3 p.m. today according to Jesse Wiederhold, managing director of Visit Keweenaw. The plunge was originally planned for Jan. 27, during Heikinpäivä, but was postponed due to extreme cold temperatures and windchills. With today's highs ...

HANCOCK – For Finns, sauna is a near sacred space for physical and mental cleansing. In fact, the sauna was so significant to Finnish culture and tradition, it was often the first structure built on the homestead by 19th and early 20th century Finnish immigrants. The sauna served as temporary ...

CORNELL — A woman from the Delta County community of Cornell has been arrested and arraigned on multiple felony counts related to resisting, obstructing, and assaulting a police officer. According to a press release of the Michigan State Police, on Tuesday, troopers from the Gladstone Post ...

ESCANABA — Following a snowy morning, a semi-trailer truck went off the road near the border of Wells Township and the City of Escanaba on Thursday. Around or before 11:30 a.m., while traveling southbound on U.S. 2 and 41, just after passing under the Canadian National railroad bridge near ...

CALUMET TOWNSHIP – The Keweenaw National Historical Park Advisory Commission’s annual Keweenaw Heritage Grant application window is still open. Applications are due by 5 p.m. Friday, April 3, 2026, according to Advisory Commission Executive Director Sean Gohman. Heritage Grant ...

HOUGHTON — Phi Kappa Tau fraternity at Michigan Technological University captured its second straight win in the month-long statue competition in this year's Winter Carnival. With this year's theme "Through Ice and Snow, to Space We Go," the Hancock fraternity's winning statue, “Keweenaw in ...