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HOUGHTON, Mich. - The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will perform repairs on the Portage Lake Lift Bridge between Houghton and Hancock from Monday, Oct. 19, through Wednesday, Oct. 21, requiring single-lane closures on the bridge. Crews will be repairing non-structural damage to the bridge caused by high-load hits. Motorists should expect single-lane closures of northbound M-26/US-41 each day until approximately 3 p.m. These repairs will help ensure continued safe and reliable operation of the bridge.

Wildfires in the UP

CRAIG LAKE — High winds and persistent dry conditions over the weekend have accelerated two separate wildfires in Baraga and Marquette counties, burning a combined 565 acres and prompting local housing evacuations. According to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) both blazes ...

Moving ahead

WHITE PINE – White Pine Copper LLC has applied for a mining permit to develop an underground copper and silver mine located at and adjacent to the historic White Pine Mine site in Ontonagon County's Carp Lake Township, according to a statement from the Michigan Department of Environment, ...

A taste of tradition

L’ANSE — Dozens of people participated Saturday in the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community’s (KBIC) Manoomin Wild Rice Camp. The annual events featured a full day of tradition and the preservation of cultural practices. Tribal leadership spent the morning and part of the afternoon instructing ...

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 ...