EAGLE RIVER — Retired physician and Copper Country Recycling Initiative member, Doug McKenzie, addressed the Keweenaw County Board last Wednesday on the need for public education McKenzie said that based on a questionnaire given to residents in the Houghton-Hancock area, the CCRI found ...

HANCOCK — Seniors can learn how to protect themselves against financial scams at a free workshop this week. Copper Shores Meals on Wheels and Huntington Bank are hosting the workshops, hosted by Jennifer Rekasi, the bank’s community development relationship manager and vice president for ...

By GARRETT NEESE gneese@mininggazette.com HOUGHTON — A Republican candidate for Michigan U.S. Senate stopped in Houghton to talk with residents Sunday. Mike Rogers, a former U.S. Congressman, spoke at the Mine Shaft & Rock House. He is running for the seat currently held by Democrat ...

HANCOCK — Volunteers spent Saturday morning helping to get a new trail system in Hancock ready for the community. The trail, nearly three-quarters of a mile long, runs from Glad Tidings Church property to the Barkell Elementary School, without crossing any streets. The connection had ...

HOUGHTON — They never know what it will be, only that it will help. As the Ranger III was unloaded shortly after docking Thursday afternoon, representatives from the Copper Shores Meals on Wheels stood by for a highly anticipated gift: the annual donation of surplus flood from the Rock ...

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP — The Quincy-Franklin-Hancock Townships Volunteer Fire Department conducted an Open House on Thursday evening, at the fire hall on Sunshine Road, which members said is intended to become an annual event. “We just wanted to let people come in and see what their what their ...