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A role in the Revolution

Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of 12 weekly stories focusing on America’s 250th birthday, as told through the lens of our communities and the role many of the places we call home played in shaping the nation before, during and after the Revolutionary War. This week we stop ...

Copper Country holds place of primacy in U.S. history

Editors note: The Daily Mining Gazette, in cooperation with other Upper Peninsula newspapers is running companion pieces to our America 250 stories with a focus on the U.P.'s role in building America COPPER COUNTRY — When most scholars of U.S. history study the birth and growth of the ...

Ontonagon info session today

ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon Area School District is seeking a renewal on its sinking fund millage in the upcoming May election. The millage will run for 10 years, from 2027 until 2036 and is a renewal of the current milage rate of 1.2750 mills ($1.2750 on each of $1,000 of taxable ...

Agate Falls closed for the summer

MARENISCO — The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has announced that Agate Falls Scenic Site, a popular western U.P. attraction, managed by the DNR's Parks and Recreation Division, is temporarily closed through late fall for essential repairs and improvements to the site's ...

It’s for the children

HANCOCK — Despite cold and windy conditions Saturday there was plenty of fun at downtown Hancock's Kids Day. Activities up and down Quincy Street kept kids and parents busy leading up to a free showing of the movie "Inside Out 2" at the Orpheum Theatre. Down town Hancock businesses KC ...

Be careful in the basement

MARQUETTE — Marquette County Emergency Management and the Michigan State Police ask U.P. residents to take precautions as flooding affects the region According to a press release from Michigan State Police Eighth District Public Information Officer Lt. Benjamin Eckola, residents should not ...