HOUGHTON — The Michigan Technological University Board of Trustees is expected to approve the creation of a new school withing the College of Sciences and Arts at its regular meeting Friday. The board will vote on the creation of the School of Health, Human and Biological Systems within the ...

MARQUETTE — Several Marquette area churches are honoring National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives and National Endangered Species Day by installing public art. Episcopal churches across the Upper Peninsula will be participating in National Day of ...

KEWEENAW COUNTY – At its regular April meeting, the Keweenaw County Board unanimously adopted a resolution in support of composting in recognition of upcoming International Compost Awareness Week. “The Keweenaw County Board of Commissioners hereby declares the week of May 3, 2026 through ...

CHICAGO — After the release of a preliminary decision to move forward with a logging project in the Ottawa National Forest, members of a Chicago-based environmental advocacy group are arguing the U.S. Forest Service did not properly consider the project’s overall environmental impact. On ...

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 ...