Today marks the relaunch of a new and improved Copper Beacon. Let me tell you about its history, mission and plans for the future.
Young baker and business entrepreneur Erin Baker exhibits sisu as she overcomes obstacles to open her bakery, Copper Country Sweets, including an incident of vandalism.
Two men entered the Hirvonen building in Hancock on the Quincy Green and stole “a felonious amount” of items from businesses on the 4th floor.
Dan Helmer announced on Friday that he has hired two assistant prosecuting attorneys. Hilary Baker will be the chief assistant prosecuting attorney, and Alex Berger will be an assistant prosecuting attorney.
Lately, the Houghton County prosecutor’s office has looked like a revolving door. Prosecutors come; prosecutors go. What is going on? Is there internal political turmoil? Some kind of shenanigans?
An event to celebrate the fall of the Berlin Wall on Michigan Tech’s campus last month devolved into a billboard for hate which was defended as constitutionally protected free speech.
Access to fresh, affordable food has posed a challenge in the Keweenaw, resulting in what is commonly referred to as a "food desert." Local farmstands create more opportunities for obtaining locally grown produce.
“Our singular focus is to get enough money to pay the teachers who delayed pay through the summer, as well as local creditors,” said O’Keefe.
The Fall Colors Healing Fair will be an annual event.
Meet the driving force behind the Meet Up and Eat Up program, launched last-minute to feed school kids.