Late last week about 100 community members were introduced to Bridges Out of Poverty – a program Portage Health Foundation (PHF) is committed to bringing to Michigan’s Copper Country to help reduce generational poverty in Baraga, Houghton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon counties. “Eyes were ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Debbie Stabenow (MI) and Gary Peters (MI) today announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation will be awarding $1,122,990 to Houghton County Memorial Airport. This funding will go toward costs related to operations, personnel, cleaning, sanitization, ...

GWINN — There are approximately 968 bridges within Upper Peninsula roads. Of that number, 315 of those bridges are owned, operated and maintained by the Michigan Department of Transportation, while the remaining 653 are the responsibility of local entities, such as county road commissions, ...

If you have ever been to a sporting event of any kind, you have heard Darude’s Sandstorm from the loudspeakers. Darude, a Finnish DJ, released the song in 1999. It has since become one of the most iconic pump-up songs, largely thanks to University of South Carolina’s football team. ...

HANCOCK — Little Brothers – Friends of the Elderly is excited to announce a new logo! Their new look puts emphasis on “Friends of the Elderly” and the acronym “LBFE.” While this is part of a new look for the organization locally and nationally, Little Brothers – Friends of the ...

HOUGHTON – Members of the Copper Country are invited to a free community watch party of National Geographic’s Uncharted with Gordon Ramsay featuring the Keweenaw Peninsula. The showing will be held at the Michigan Tech’s Rozsa Center for the Performing Arts in Houghton on Sunday, July 25. ...