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MTU holds zero waste hockey game

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HOUGHTON — Officially, the first goal in Saturday’s Michigan Technological University hockey game didn’t come until almost three minutes into the third period, when Tech’s Owen Baker scored the eventual game-winner off a rebounded save. Unofficially, thousands of fans had scored ...

Wisconsin man dies in snowmobile accident

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ONTONAGON — For third time in the new year, a snowmobile fatality has occurred in the Western Upper Peninsula. The latest occurred shortly before one O’clock Friday afternoon in Ontonagon County. According to a release from the Ontonagon County Sheriff’s Department, deputies were ...

Fire deaths rise to 24 with winds in forecast

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A growing force of firefighters moved into the Los Angeles area Monday as more powerful winds were expected to trigger new wildfires that could set back the recent progress made in containing blazes that have destroyed thousands of homes and killed at least 24 ...

Bootjack Fire & Rescue trains on new iceboat

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LAKE LINDEN — Bootjack Fire and Rescue Foundation conducted a training session on its rescue ice boat on at the Lake Linden marina on Sunday, launching it at the Lake Linden marina. The boat recently became operational. Foundation Chief, Dan Sarazin said the purpose of the training is for ...

Glad Tidings church honors Hancock police

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HANCOCK — The backpacks heaped on the table at Glad Tidings Church in Hancock Sunday morning were a testament to the work the Hancock Police Department had already put in them, and the help the church wanted to give in return. To coincide with National Police Appreciation Day on Thursday, ...

It’s all downhill from here

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Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette Kevin Bender of Chassell and his children Lily, 6, and William, 2, slide down the hill at Quincy Green during Saturday’s Hancock Community Sledding Party.