DOLLAR BAY — In 23 years as Dollar Bay-Tamarack City’s K-12 music teacher, Paula McKaig saw many students from kindergarten to graduation, instilling in them a lifelong love of music. Saturday, many of them came back to remember her life the best way they could think of — with music. ...

CALUMET — As the Village Council moves forward with creating a new green space on Fifth Street, it also has plans to revitalize Agassiz Park on Fourth Street. Trustee Nathan Anderson said in an interview that he will soon be inviting village residents to volunteer for a clean-up effort in ...

HANCOCK — The Board of Education will announce its final selection of a new superintendent at its regular monthly meeting Monday, which will begin at 5:30 p.m. in the high school multi-purpose room. Drawing from an original list of 10 applications, last week board members narrowed the ...

HANCOCK — Nine high school seniors in the Copper Country received $1,000 scholarships to trade programs this month as part of the Keweenaw Economic Development Alliance (KEDA) scholarship. Started in 2013, the scholarship fund has raised more than $35,000 and supported 45 students going ...

CALUMET — The Village Council, in moving forward with revitalization projects, met in special session Thursday to discuss obtaining topsoil for the creation of a Fifth Street green space, that could be used during the summer for a farmer’s market, and a host of various events. The ...

The Hancock City Council took the first steps toward purchasing the former Neil’s Taxi lot and clearing it for more overnight winter parking at Wednesday’s regular meeting. According to Hancock city manager Bill Givens, the parcel, at 201 East Franklin St., was one of three properties ...

Three out of four people ejected from a vehicle in a crash will die. That statistic was was stated by the director of the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning (OHSP), Michael L. Prince, which is quoted from a release from that office Thursday. To stress the importance of buckling up, ...

HOUGHTON — Over the past 30 to 40 years, storms have become more extreme. Thanks to population growth, when the storms hit, they often affect more people. “It makes it even more important that we have folks out there to notify them when this bad weather is coming, so we can try to ...

HOUGHTON — Turning Camp Kitwen into a county jail would pose a myriad of financial and logistical problems, Houghton County officials said at Tuesday’s board meeting. About 12 county officials recently toured the former minimum-security prison camp, located near Painesdale. It has been ...

HOUGHTON — Houghton County’s jail task force will have its first meeting at the end of the month. The task force, which is charged with making recommendations for the best option for replacing or adding onto the jail, will meet at 6 p.m., May 28, in the Houghton County Circuit Courtroom. ...

HANCOCK — As scheduled, the Board of Education conducted interviews in a public forum Tuesday evening, at which they asked the same questions to three candidates, Steve Patchin, director of career services at Michigan Technological University, Chris Salani, athletic director at Hancock Public ...

FRANKFORT — The search for two downstate residents in a plane crash off the shore of Lake Michigan has turned from a rescue mission to recovery, the Benzie County Sheriff’s Office said in a release Wednesday. The county also identified the people on the plane: Emanuel Manos, 53, of ...

LAKE LINDEN — Two Lake Linden-Hubbell High School students who completed the early college program through Gogebic Community College presented their final projects to the district board Monday night. Emily Beveridge completed an associate’s degree in business. Lily Kumpula was qualified ...

HOUGHTON — Adam Meckler, accomplished musician, composer, and music educator, has been selected as the new assistant professor of music/director of jazz studies in Michigan Technological University’s Visual and Performing Arts Department. Meckler will replace Mike Irish, who retired in ...

HANCOCK — The School Board will conduct a special meeting Tuesday, May 14, from 6-9 p.m. for the purpose of interviewing three candidates for the superintendent position to replace Kipp Beaudoin, who resigned in order to take his experience in education in a new direction overseas. The ...

BENZIE COUNTY, Mich. — The search continues for a plane that went missing in Northern Michigan after taking off from Ontonagon Sunday. About 7:50 p.m. Sunday, the Benzie County Sheriff’s Office received a call from Minneapolis air controllers saying they were in contact with a pilot ...

Bikiltu Gockenbach/Daily Mining Gazette The elephants are always a special part of the Shrine Circus, which was in the MacInnes Student Ice Arena Friday for two shows for the community.

EAGLE RIVER — The Keweenaw County Sheriff’s Office is investigating what is being considered a hit-and-run, road rage crash that occurred over the weekend in the parking lot of the BP gas station in Allouez. The Sheriff’s Office initially posted the incident on its Facebook page, in ...

HOUGHTON — The prospects for a variety of high-tech projects through Michigan were determined by what happened at Michigan Technological University Friday. The oversight committee for the advanced material MTRAC (Michigan Translocational Research and Commercialization program) met to review ...

The Daily Mining Gazette's editorial department is now under the guidance of a new interim managing editor, local and sports editor David “Daver” Karnosky. “I admit, I'm a bit nervous,” Karnosky said. He said that doing the best job he can is important to him. “We have a ...