HOUGHTON – A blizzard warning issued for the Upper Great Lakes for Sunday and Monday did not produce the snowfall totals predicted for the Keweenaw Peninsula, but the central, east and southeast Upper Peninsula were heavily impacted. Meteorologist Ryan Metzger, head of the National Weather ...
BOIS BLANC ISLAND — On March 9, at approximately 1:30 p.m., Chippewa County Central Dispatch notified Mackinac County Sheriff’s Office of an active incident on Bois Blanc Island. CCCD advised that they were speaking to a 63-year-old female that resides on the island who was currently hiding inside of her residence because her 41-year-old male neighbor was firing high-powered rifle rounds into her home. The caller advised that she could see at least three bullet holes in her residence at the time she called. Mackinac County Sheriff’s Deputies immediately began planning for a very ...
HOUGHTON — Due to severe winter weather and blizzard-like conditions impacting the Upper Peninsula, the Daily Mining Gazette will not be printed or delivered on Monday. The safety of our employees, carriers, and distribution teams remains our top priority during these extreme conditions. Subscribers will still have full access to Monday’s digital edition, which includes the same local news, sports, and information normally found in the printed newspaper. To read the digital edition, simply visit our website and log in to your subscriber account to access the latest edition. If you ...
LAURIUM – Just a week after celebrating his 30th birthday, and three years after being hired, Village Manager Ian Lewis was honored Thursday’s 2026 Keweenaw Community Sparkplug Awards. Friday morning, the village posted on its Facebook page: “The Village of Laurium would like to extend ...
ESCANABA – Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel released a statement Friday following the guilty verdict in the Tarvis Jackson murder trial. On Thursday, a jury in the Delta County 47th Circuit Court found Jackson, of Escanaba, guilty of first-degree premeditated murder in the July 2023 ...
