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On-ice rescue

MACKINAC ISLAND — At 4:40 p.m. on Sunday, Jason St. Onge, Chief of the Mackinac Island Fire Department, was notified that a man was lost on the ice. Onge immediately sounded an alarm for Fire and EMS and notified the U.S. Coast Guard. A cell phone ping was received from the man who was ...

Evolving

HANCOCK — When George Stockero was hired as the Copper Country Intermediate School District superintendent in 2014, the CCISD began searching for ways to expand its Career and Technical Education (CTE) program. There were several reasons for this. Among them was a significant lack of locally ...

Print Delivery Suspended Tuesday Due to Severe Weather

HOUGHTON — Due to severe winter weather and blizzard-like conditions impacting Northern Michigan, the Daily Mining Gazette will not be printed or delivered on Tuesday. The safety of our employees, carriers, and distribution teams remains our top priority during these extreme ...

Drug busts in Gogebic County

IRONWOOD — In late 2025, investigators from the Gogebic Iron Area Narcotics Team (GIANT), obtained information that Megan Danielle Benton and Cynthia Lee Sullivan, along with known and unknown co-conspirators, had been bringing large amounts of methamphetamine and heroin to Gogebic County and ...