KEWEENAW COUNTY — This year celebrates the 25th year of the Sheriff’s Department’s No Kid Without a Christmas, Sheriff Curt Pennala said on Monday. No Kid Without a Christmas is a toy drive for families in need. With the smallest population in the state, 10% of Keweenaw County is in ...

L’ANSE — Baraga County law enforcement officers will have on-demand access to behavioral health professionals when responding to mental health calls thanks to a new partnership. Baraga County Memorial Hospital and Baraga County Sheriff’s Department held a press conference Monday to ...

HOUGHTON — One man was shot and killed in an incident Monday evening at a Shelden Avenue business in Houghton. The Houghton Police Department on Tuesday morning confirmed that the fatal shooting occurred at the Douglas House Saloon. According to a release from the department, at about 7 ...

HOUGHTON — Saturday’s Deer Hunters’ Widows Craft Show & Marketplace was the biggest yet. The annual show, put on by the Daily Mining Gazette for more than a decade, filled the Copper Country Mall with shoppers looking for holiday deals among more than 100 vendors. There were at ...

HOUGHTON — Only about 10% of Michigan police departments have been accredited through the Michigan Law Enforcement Accreditation Program. Houghton is one of them. The department, the 63rd in the state and the second in the Upper Peninsula, received a certificate of accreditation at a ...

HOUGHTON — The Superior Battalion, Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps annual Veterans Day Program conducted on Friday, November 10, at 11 a.m. in the Houghton High School gymnasium was well-attended and included families of cadets as well as military veterans and the general public. The ...