Adorning your home with lights, garlands and wreaths can add warmth and beauty during this festive season, and live or dried plants can be especially pretty. When using plants, however, there are some important things to keep in mind. Invasive plants such as invasive Phragmites (Phragmites ...

Growing up in an iron-ore mining town put us kids in close contact with some of the coolest things. I think of my little grandson who is now fascinated with toy cars and trucks and soon it will likely be trains. I was the same way. In those days, I was delighted most with vehicles that did ...

The Bijou Theater, at 427 Fifth Street, in the village of Calumet, was the first moving picture theater in the area. It also featured vaudeville. Despite alterations to the storefront, the building retains the better part of its historic character. The building, known as the Agnitz Block, ...

The Cheer Club at the Daily Mining Gazette continues through Saturday. Donations to benefit the Salvation Army are welcome from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. during the week. Donors are encouraged to stop by the Gazette office with nonperishable food items, warm-weather gear and/or toys that target ...

HOUGHTON – Cheer Club has been ramping up this week at the Daily Mining Gazette but continues to need your support through next week. “This is such a worthy cause, Daily Mining Gazette publisher Candace Wolf said. “These donations will make a big difference to the Copper Country. It’s ...

HANCOCK — Copper Country Senior Meals is baking up something special for the holidays. This year is its first cookie fundraiser. Copper Country Senior Meals is creating and selling Holiday Cookie Boxes this December as a fundraiser. Boxes are being sold through Sunday on the Copper ...