District court requests $180K in opioid settlement
HOUGHTON — Houghton County 97th District Court has submitted an itemized budget request seeking $170,000 in first-year county opioid settlement funds to purchase a dedicated supervision vehicle and establish a localized drug testing framework, according to county work-session documents. In ...
Rock on!
DOLLAR BAY — Meeting every third Thursday of the month, the Copper Country Rock and Mineral Club offers self-proclaimed “rock hounds” a space to learn more about the geology of the Keweenaw. As the club membership — over 100 strong — slowly ages out of leadership roles, club ...
“C’mon and take a free ride!”
HOUGHTON — It' a classic case of "Paying it Forward." An anonymous donor is providing free rides on one of the more popular routes on the Houghton Public Transit System. At Wednesday's City Council meeting, Houghton City Manager Eric Waara told the council, an individual, who wished to ...
In brief
Operation Copper Country Active Duty 2026 HANCOCK — The Auxiliary of Alfred Erickson American Legion Post 186 of Hancock announces Operation Copper Country Active Duty 2026. This is the sixth year for this project to support and thank local active-duty servicemen and servicewomen from Houghton, Keweenaw, Baraga and Ontonagon counties who cannot be home for the holidays with Christmas gifts from the Copper Country. OCCAD will run through the month of November. Containers for monetary donations can be found at various businesses in Houghton, Hancock, Twin Lakes, Tapiola, Baraga and ...
Strong like a moose
MARQUETTE — A collaborative wildlife research project in the Upper Peninsula has documented an exceptionally strong first-year survival rate among regional moose calves, significantly outpacing studied populations in neighboring states and Canadian provinces. Recent reports from the ...