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No Paper Monday

HOUGHTON — In accordance with the US Postal Service holiday Monday, Oct. 12, there will be no Daily Mining Gazette published, delivered or available at our normal retail outlets. However, the Gazette offices will be open for regular business hours on Monday and our website will be updated over the weekend as necessary. Publication and delivery will resume on Tuesday, Oct. 13.

A quiet month

MARQUETTE — According to figures released by the Marquette office of the National Weather Service office in Marquette, the weather in September in the western Upper Peninsula was pretty much a continuation of what we saw in August. NWS meteorologist Lily Chapman called September another ...

Help the helpers

HANCOCK — Inside of UP Health System-Portage Hospital in Hancock, near the front desk, sits the Guilded Rose Gift Shop. It is run exclusively by volunteers over the last decade and has donated more than $350,000 to local charitable organizations throughout the Copper Country. However, ...

Making progress

STANTON TOWNSHIP — The Redridge dam will undergo design changes within the next few years in order to meet stringent state regulations, according to the Stanton Township Board. The Board held a special meeting Thursday where a representative from Barr Engineering spoke about the project’s ...

Xcel Energy sells UP operations

MINNEAPOLIS — Xcel Energy, SEMCO ENERGY Gas Company and Upper Peninsula Power Company (UPPCO) announced Monday the sale of Xcel Energy’s Michigan natural gas operations to SEMCO and electric operations to UPPCO. If approved by regulators, Xcel Energy’s 6,000 natural gas customers will ...

A healthy summer performance

HOUGHTON — Visit Keweenaw released summer 2026 tourism figures Tuesday for Houghton and Keweenaw counties, reflecting a resilient overall visitor economy despite broader economic pressures impacting travel across the region. In a press release, Visit Keweenaw wrote that According to ...