Editors note: The Daily Mining Gazette, in cooperation with other Upper Peninsula newspapers is running companion pieces to our America 250 stories with a focus on the U.P.'s role in building America COPPER COUNTRY — When most scholars of U.S. history study the birth and growth of the ...

MARQUETTE — A memorial was held in Marquette Thursday night for Trenton Massey, the 21-year-old Northern Michigan University student who has been missing since February. The memorial involved the lowering of the NMU Wildcat flag to half-mast on NMU’s campus, with a service taking place ...

WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump said U.S. negotiators will be in Pakistan today for talks with Iran, resuming negotiations after Iran reversed its decision to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and warned that it would continue to block transit through the strait as long as the U.S. blockade ...

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of 12 weekly stories focusing on America’s 250th birthday, as told through the lens of our communities and the role many of the places we call home played in shaping the nation before, during and after the Revolutionary War. This week we stop in ...

MARQUETTE — Marquette County Emergency Management and the Michigan State Police ask U.P. residents to take precautions as flooding affects the region According to a press release from Michigan State Police Eighth District Public Information Officer Lt. Benjamin Eckola, residents should not ...

MARENISCO — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced that Agate Falls Scenic Site, a popular western U.P. attracted, managed by the DNR's Parks and Recreation Division, is temporarily closed through late fall for essential repairs and improvements to the site's trestle ...