By CANDACE WOLF cwolf@mininggazette.com GREENLAND — If his natural straw cowboy hat is any indication, Mathew Kocher is a man who enjoys wearing many hats. A husband, father, son, brother, farmer, volunteer firefighter and sheriff’s deputy, the 33-year-old spent this weekend in ...

By GARRETT NEESE gneese@mininggazette.com HOUGHTON — With the parking deck fully down and overhead work complete, crews will begin work on the future look of Lakeshore Drive. Crews will start next week on the Pewabic Street walkway connecting Shelden Avenue to Lakeshore Drive, City ...

By GRAHAM JAEHNIG gjaehnig@mininggazette.com BARAGA — At the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community 45th Annual Maawanji’iding Pow Wow last week, Erin McKenney was asking visitors if they were interested in taking a survey. The three-page survey asked respondents questions about their use of the ...

By GARRETT NEESE gneese@mininggazette.com HOUGHTON — Parking changes are coming to downtown Houghton. After a public hearing Wednesday, Houghton City Council approved changes to its parking ordinance, along with a resolution updating fines for violators and creating several new permit ...

By GRAHAM JAEHNIG gjaehnig@mininggazette.com The Senate Indian Affairs Committee on July 19 approved bipartisan, bicameral legislation authored by U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI) to settle the longstanding land claims of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and clear the title of current ...

By Skip Schulz For the Mining Gazette Mass City’s Mike Kirtland became the first motorcycle hillclimber to be put into the Mid America Snow & Terrain Expert Racers (MASTERS) Hall of Fame. The MASTERS has been sanctioning motorcycle hillclimbs for six years. In those five years, the ...