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Copper Country 100 relocates to Houghton for season finale

The Copper Country 100 Snowmobile Race is a professional cross-country snowmobile race where riders will race up to 100 miles on a backcountry course.

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Winter storm poses challenges in Central U.P.

Drifts reaching over 25 feet high stuffed Downtown Munising’s “Art in the Alley” installation after one of the biggest March blizzards in recorded history struck last week. The alleyway is used as an artwalk featuring local painters and photographers during the summer months. 

Negaunee’s Newest Neighborhood: Maple Ridge helps ease housing crunch

The wooded Maple Ridge Subdivision  is being developed by Wildflower Development Group, a Wisconsin-based company with strong ties to the U.P.

Michigan Outdoors: Adventure for everyone

Over the past several years, Muskegon Luge Adventure Sports Park has worked with organizations including Disability Network West Michigan, schools and colleges to expand adaptive recreation.

Eastern U.P. colleges create a new pathway for early childhood educators 

Lake Superior State University and Bay Mills Community College are stepping in to address a critical need for highly qualified educators in the region and beyond.

Three U.P. communities, three water projects

Houghton, Ironwood and Baraga benefit from grants from the Michigan Strategic Fund’s Community Development Block Grant.

Houghton's waterfront before the improvements were made.
Visit Keweenaw and Keweenaw Chamber share new space

The organizations are sharing office space in the historic Leopold Building in downtown Houghton.

The Other Side of the Storm

A father and son struggled to survive in Lake Superior at the same time the Edmund Fitzgerald faltered and sank.

New platform to share ‘Common Ground’ from community ideas and solutions

Issue Media Group, a multilocal network of solutions-based, issues-focused digital publications, has launched a new national platform for increasing the reach and impact of its journalism.

Michigan Christmas tree selected from the U.P.

A 68-foot spruce from Sault Ste. Marie will serve as Michigan's official Christmas tree.

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