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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, ...

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 ...

Outdoors North: John Pepin

Either get ready for elimination or your hearts must have the courage for the changing of the guards, – Bob Dylan With a rush and a mighty rustle through a pile of downed leaves, the autumn changing of the guards blew into these Great North Woods in no uncertain fashion. This was the ...

Faith and Family

I am always amazed at this time of the year. The beauty of the leaves, the blue sky, and cooler air, all announcing the coming of a new season, Fall. No one has to flip a switch, or pay for the event to occur, or receive so many clicks on their Instagram account. It comes on its own, without ...

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.

Seeking input

MUNISING -- Hiawatha National Forest staff is inviting residents, businesses and visitors to help shape the next phase of planning for the Grand Island National Recreation Area, and also draft management strategies developed from community input gathered in May 2025. "For generations, people ...