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Law enforcement responds

HOUGHTON – A lawsuit regarding the death of Michigan Tech student Benjamin Walby filed in U.S. District Court in Marquette on Monday names the cities of Houghton and Hancock, Houghton County and 11 individual law enforcement officers. The suit, filed by the Southfield, Mich firm, Fieger Law, does not specifically name any law enforcement agency. However, officials from three law enforcement agencies responded to inquiries from the Daily Mining Gazette regarding the lawsuit. On Tuesday morning, Hancock Police Chief Tami Sleeman said she was not aware that a lawsuit had been filed in ...

Dear Annie

Dear Annie: One of my good female friends graduated from a rival college of mine. We love talking smack about who has a better football team. When her school loses games, I gloat. One time this year, I said her school had zero chance of winning against my school. I did this level of ...

Family of deceased Tech student files lawsuit

MARQUETTE — The estate of a Michigan Tech student who died after an incident involving local police nearly two years ago has filed a lawsuit in Federal Court. The suit, filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Marquette by the estate of Benjamin Walby, names the cities of Houghton and Hancock, ...

Flooding in Escanaba

ESCANABA — Road conditions were less than ideal Friday as streets flooded with water and melting slush. About 1.3 inches of rain fell at the Delta County Airport between Thursday night and Friday morning, according to the National Weather Service. Only 0.06 inches is considered “normal” ...

Value from waste

HANCOCK — "Engineering Value from Waste: Glass, Tires, and Landfill Mining" is the title of a presentation offered by the Copper Country Recycling Initiative (CCRI) at 7 p.m. Jan. 20, at the Orpheum Theater in Hancock. Two Michigan Technological University researchers will share insights ...

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