News Staff The city of Hancock in Houghton County has been named the 2026 Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture. The designation celebrates communities that preserve and promote Finno-Ugric cultures, languages and traditions. Representatives from the Finno-Ugric Capital of Culture group and the previous year’s winner, Narva, Estonia, gathered to congratulate Hancock on June 21. Past recipients of the … Read more
The Vilas County Economic Development Corporation has announced it is almost to its goal of 90% coverage for high speed internet in the county. Five years ago, the VCEDC formed a “buddy program” of sorts, helping individual towns learn about and obtain internet. Much of the work getting fiber installed has been with the help … Read more
More entertainment has been signed for this year’s Gogebic County Fair. TheDailyGlobe reports the Friends of the Fair voted on Friday to sign Superior Horns to perform on the second night of the fair, which runs from August 7th to the 10th. The board also learned that two stalls in the cattle barn had been … Read more
Mark your calendars, the Northwoods Land Trust is hosting a Paddling the Gile Flowage event on Sunday, July 13 from 2 to 4:30 p.m. from the boat landing at Gile Park in Montreal. During the paddle, participants will have a chance to investigate plants and animals that live in and along the flowage and learn … Read more
The Detroit News has named the 2025 Michiganian of the Year. Rolf Peterson is a Yooper and professor emeritus at Michigan Technological University. He is also a leading wolf biologist who has been part of the longest-running predator-prey study in history on Isle Royale, which began in 1958. Peterson retired from his MTU teaching position … Read more
The Detroit News has named the 2025 Michiganian of the Year. Rolf Peterson is a Yooper and professor emeritus at Michigan Technological University. He is also a leading wolf biologist who has been part of the longest-running predator-prey study in history on Isle Royale, which began in 1958. Peterson retired from his MTU teaching position … Read more
Saturday saw the 71st annual Copper Country Firefighters Tournament, hosted by the Laurium Fire Department. The day included races, a parade, and then a Firefighters Ball. Once a year, the 34 departments in the Copper Country Volunteer Firefighters Association get together to compete. Thirteen of those departments were participating in the races. Dan Zubiena, Laurium … Read more
Saturday saw the 71st annual Copper Country Firefighters Tournament, hosted by the Laurium Fire Department. The day included races, a parade, and then a Firefighters Ball. Once a year, the 34 departments in the Copper Country Volunteer Firefighters Association get together to compete. Thirteen of those departments were participating in the races. Dan Zubiena, Laurium … Read more
The 2025 Samsons Volleyball Skills Camp will be held in the Lindquist Student and Conference Center gymnasium on the campus of Gogebic Community College July 27th. The camp is open to boys and girls grades 5-12 and will be directed by Samsons Volleyball Coaches McKenzie Sharrow and Erika Buchanan with assistance from other Samsons coaching … Read more
Some 70 racers competed in over 100 races during the second annual Sweetest Wake on Sunday Lake this weekend. The event, was hosted again this year by the International Watercross Association, along with the non-profit Wakefield Encourages Community Athletics Recreation Entertainment or WECARE. Watercross required a special build of snowmobile, which can take hundreds of … Read more