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A pretty sick state

LANSING — Peak flu season may be worse than usual this year, driven in part by a potent new strain of influenza. As of Monday, Michigan hospitals reported that 818 of their inpatients — 759 adults and 59 children — had influenza, according to the Michigan Health & Hospital Association. ...

To your good health

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a generally healthy 70-year-old man, and I like to drink orange juice — the kind that is freshly squeezed with no additives but is pasteurized. I also like to eat strawberries almost every day. My recent A1C and glucose levels were 6% and 110 mg/dL, respectively. My ...

Zero waste hockey

HOUGHTON — Michigan Technological University is gearing up for the 2nd Annual Zero Waste Challenge during the January 17 home hockey game against Minnesota State. The Zero Waste Challenge, which asks fans to help the Huskies reduce waste during the game against Minnesota State, is a ...

No Paper delivered today

Due to ice storms preventing delivery, there will be no Daily Mining Gazette delivered today, Wednesday January 7. Today's stories can be found on this website mininggazette.com Gazette subscribers can access today's complete paper online by clicking the "today's paper" link and logging in. Wednesday's edition will be delivered along with Thursday's paper tomorrow.

Heikinpäivä kicks off

HANCOCK — In the Copper Country, the annual Heikinpäivä festival celebrates the midpoint of winter, but this month the regional celebration of Finnish heritage and family fun also celebrates the start of a special year of cultural activities. This year’s Heikinpäivä festival, with ...

Today in history, January 7, 2026

Today is Wednesday, Jan. 7, the seventh day of 2026. There are 358 days left in the year. Today in history: On Jan. 7, 2015, masked gunmen stormed the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo, a French newspaper that had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad, methodically killing 12 people, including the ...