KEWEENAW COUNTY, MI – This historic 1800s lighthouse still lights the way for ships navigating around the rocky shoreline of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula. Built in 1871, Eagle Harbor Lighthouse ...

THE KEWEENAW, MI — These eleven lighthouses once guided ships around the treacherous, rocky shores of Michigan’s northernmost ...

Biologists have long debated whether it’s better to protect many small and isolated natural areas or focus on large, ...

After several days of the Copper Country under high levels of fire danger, the weekend brought continuous rain, low ...

The Copper Country Intermediate School District has announced plans to request a transformative $45 million bond proposal aimed at modernizing educational spaces and significantly expand services for ...

More than 1.1 billion years ago, an immense geological fault called the Midcontinent Rift began to form beneath what is now ...

The Midcontinent Rift is a giant tear that formed in what is now the U.S. Midwest 1.1 billion years ago. Nicknamed North ...

May 15 approved a major new natural gas transmission line in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, as well as two solar energy ...

Near Lake Superior — particularly on northern Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula — basalt and copper-rich rocks emerged. People have mined this copper for at least 8,000 years — and although the ...

Scientists have uncovered a massive ancient geological feature beneath the Midwestern United States — a billion-year-old rift ...

Long before the Great Lakes, a rift nearly tore North America in half—leaving behind Lake Superior’s depth, copper-rich ridges, and stories still told today.

Couples getting married often arrive with an idea and a stone. The Korner Gem team does a preliminary wax cast before setting ...