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Truck hits train

MASONVILLE TOWNSHIP — A pickup truck collided with a Canadian National train last Thursday, leaving one person injured. Around 4:30 p.m. on Jan. 15, Delta County Central Dispatch received a call that there had been a crash between a passenger vehicle and a train on a quiet road outside Rapid ...

Airport receives million-dollar grant

LANSING — Houghton County Memorial Airport will receive a million dollars in state funds designed to address PFAS contanimation related to the use of PFAS-containing firefighting foam. The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy last week that grants totaling $9 million ...

Ironwood nurses approve contract

IRONWOOD – Nurses at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital voted last week to ratify a new union contract, according to a release from the Michigan Nurses Association (MNA). The contract takes effect immediately and runs through July 19, 2028. The release says the agreement maintains the wage structure ...

Cold and snowy

HOUGHTON – The severe cold weather that began Sunday evening shows little chance of ending soon, according to Meteorologist Daniel Jablonski with National Weather Service Marquette OFF Negaunee. Jablonski said at this time, however, he is not willing to apply the term Polar Vortex to the ...

Ohio man dies in UP snowmobile crash

ALGER COUNTY — A 22-year old Ohio man died as a result of injuries he sustained in a snowmobile accident in the central U.P. Saturday. According to a press release from the Michigan State Police, troopers from the Negaunee post responded to a report of snowmobile accident at approximately ...

No paper monday

Because of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday, Jan. 19, there will be no Daily Mining Gazette published. The paper will not be mailed to subscribers nor will it be available at retail outlets. Publication will resume on Tuesday, Jan. 20. However, the Gazette offices in downtown ...