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Man convicted in 2021 crash

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SAULT STE. MARIE — Following a five-day jury trial, Tanner Dunbar Harrison was found guilty on Friday of one count of second-degree murder, nearly five years after the incident that claimed the life of 20-year-old Katie Robinson. The case was prosecuted by Chippewa County Chief Assistant ...

Ohio man dies in UP snowmobile crash

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ALGER COUNTY — A 22-year old Ohio man died as a result of injuries he sustained in a snowmobile accident in the central U.P. Saturday. According to a press release from the Michigan State Police, troopers from the Negaunee post responded to a report of snowmobile accident at approximately ...

Looking back: Graham Jaehnig

Features

For more than 10 years, I researched and wrote the weekly Daily Mining Gazette column, Copper Country’s Past & People. The Copper Country’s past was made by its people. Among the outstanding aspects of these people are their resilience, their strength, and the character, derived from ...

Ice fishing clinic a success

Outdoors

ESCANABA — Despite some messy conditions on the bay that forced some last-minute changes, the second women’s ice fishing clinic held in Delta County was a resounding success. After the first event in January 2025, which had roughly half the number of attendees, the women who came to the ...

No paper monday

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Because of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday, Jan. 19, there will be no Daily Mining Gazette published. The paper will not be mailed to subscribers nor will it be available at retail outlets. Publication will resume on Tuesday, Jan. 20. However, the Gazette offices in downtown ...

Man sentenced in fentanyl case

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ESCANABA – A man who pleaded guilty to multiple drug and weapons charges was sentenced this week in Delta County 47th Circuit Court in Escanaba. Tristan Russell Halfaday, of Wilson, appeared alongside his attorney, Grant Carlson of Iron Mountain, after pleading guilty to the following ...