FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP — The volunteer group dedicated to restoring the Quincy & Torch Lake Railroad recently received a donation of 100 railroad ties from Coppers’ L’Anse Tie Recovery Yard. The purpose of the ties, says Chuck Pomazal, is to lay railroad track from the Q&TL RR engine ...

MARQUETTE — Northern Michigan University’s Northern Shores Storywork Writing Project released a list of students who had won the regional 2025 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards. Of the 113 submissions from U.P. students, eight from Copper Country were recognized with awards. 31 ...

HOUGHTON — Blue Key Honor Society at Michigan Technological University has come up with a new way to kickstart all-nighter for this year’s Winter Carnival. While the capstone of the Fireworks and Torchlight Parade were sufficient, the society has tried to come up with a more theatrical way ...

HOUGHTON – On Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025, the figure skating community lost 28 athletes, parents and coaches in a tragic plane crash that occurred near Washington D.C. as they were on their way home from the National Development Camp in Wichita, Kansas. For many in the U.P. and northern ...

LANSING — Michigan officials are responding to tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump over the weekend that a recent report said will disproportionately impact Michigan’s economy, whose automotive industry makes it “particularly vulnerable.” On Saturday, Trump imposed 25% tariffs ...

STANNARD TOWNSHIP — A 36 year old man from Bonduel, Wisc. succumbed to injuries he sustained from a snowmobile accident in Ontonagon County Friday. According to a release from the Ontonagon County Sheriff’s Office, the accident occurred shortly after 11 p.m. Friday on Snowmobile Trial #3 ...