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Woman injured in snowmobile accident

STANTON TOWNSHIP – A woman from Wisconsin was hospitalized as a result of a weekend snowmobile accident in rural Houghton County. At 1:39 p.m. Saturday, Michigan State Police (MSP) at the Calumet Post responded to a call regarding a snowmobile crash near Toivola. MSP Sergeant Russell ...

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 ...

Keweenaw dodges a bullet

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 ...

Arrest in eastern UP

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 ...