ALLOUEZ TOWNSHIP — Skating has been a part of the Copper Country since there was a Copper Country. It is still as popular today as it was in the 1870s. It is so popular, in fact, that backyard ice rinks with ice made from a garden hose are common throughout the four-county area. Outdoor ...

Ontonagon has become a community of parades. The small Western UP blue-collar community draws thousands of people from all over the world every Labor Day weekend. It was 20 years ago that a small group of volunteers got together to start the Ontonagon Hometown Christmas Weekend. It’s ...

HANCOCK — On December 6, 1917, Finland’s Parliament convened to discuss two different declarations of Finnish independence from Russia after the Bolsheviks took control of the country in the Russian Revolution. The vote was 100 for and 88 against. Finland became self-governing. That was 106 ...

HOUGHTON — Residents and city officials discussed the possibility of glass recycling or other reuse in Houghton at Wednesday’s Houghton City Council meeting. Ginny Hemmer of the Copper Country Recycling Initiative and Mary Kaminski spoke during public comment about adding a crusher ...

HOUGHTON — U.P. Michigan Works and Michigan Veterans’ Employment Services conducted a ceremony on Wednesday to recognize GS Engineering of Houghton for its dedication to employing military veterans, and to also present GS designer and employee, Stephen LaCourt, as Veteran of the Year. ...

Supporters and partners joined the Michigan Department of Natural Resources today in Houghton County to celebrate the reopening of a roughly 8-mile segment of snowmobile and off-road vehicle trail devastated by a historic storm in 2018. In what is likely the Michigan DNR’s largest trail ...