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Ontonagon info session today

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ONTONAGON — The Ontonagon Area School District is seeking a renewal on its sinking fund millage in the upcoming May election. The millage will run for 10 years, from 2027 until 2036 and is a renewal of the current milage rate of 1.2750 mills ($1.2750 on each of $1,000 of taxable ...

Copper Country holds place of primacy in U.S. history

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Editors note: The Daily Mining Gazette, in cooperation with other Upper Peninsula newspapers is running companion pieces to our America 250 stories with a focus on the U.P.'s role in building America COPPER COUNTRY — When most scholars of U.S. history study the birth and growth of the ...

A role in the Revolution

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Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of 12 weekly stories focusing on America’s 250th birthday, as told through the lens of our communities and the role many of the places we call home played in shaping the nation before, during and after the Revolutionary War. This week we stop in ...

Standoff escalates over Strait of Hormuz

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WASHINGTON, DC — President Donald Trump said U.S. negotiators will be in Pakistan today for talks with Iran, resuming negotiations after Iran reversed its decision to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and warned that it would continue to block transit through the strait as long as the U.S. blockade ...

Trenton Massey memorial held

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MARQUETTE — A memorial was held in Marquette Thursday night for Trenton Massey, the 21-year-old Northern Michigan University student who has been missing since February. The memorial involved the lowering of the NMU Wildcat flag to half-mast on NMU’s campus, with a service taking place ...

In brief

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Baroque concerts in May DOLLAR BAY — Keweenaw Historical Music and Esky Baroque will join forces to present CONCERTOGANZA!, a series of concerts featuring the Bach Concerto for Four Harpsichords. Two performances are scheduled. The Keweenaaw concert is at 3 p.m. May 2, at the CC Suzuki ...