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Jun 30, 2023. Garrett Neese. Staff Writer. [email protected]. Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette The demolition of the Houghton parking deck is ahead of schedule. MJO closed off the west section of the deck Tuesday. Work will begin on installing new curbs, gutters and sidewalks along the east portion of the worksite.Having a garage sale or yard sale soon? Contact our classified department at 419-448-3200 to place your ad in our newspaper and take advantage of our Map It feature to be online. Like to shop around and hit numerous garage sales or yard sales in one day? We help you by listing the information from local garage sales, giving you the address and ...Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette Demonstrators take part in the Copper Country Women's March Saturday, which has been held since 2017. HOUGHTON — Around 25 demonstrators marched across the Portage Lake Lift Bridge in support of reproductive choice and other rights at the Copper Country Women's March.Mar 20, 2024 · HOUGHTON — Houghton High School may join the many schools around the country with weighted grade-point averages to award more points for advanced classes. The Houghton-Portage Township Schools Board discussed instituting a weighted grade-point average at its meeting Monday. The district had begun exploring the idea after talking with parents, said Superintendent Anders Hill. Under […] Rosanne Poisson, age 70, a resident of Houghton, MI, passed away on February 20, 2024, at Omega House in Houghton, MI. She was born January 26, 1954 in Laurium, MI to parents Francis and Mina Poisson. Rose received her Bachelor of Science from Northern Michigan University. She worked as a Home Health Care worker for […]

(Graham Jaehnig/Daily Mining Gazette) HOUGHTON — A snowy, November-like morning did not deter people from attending the third annual Seed Swap, conducted at the Portage Lake District Library on Saturday. The event was sponsored by the Western U.P. Food Systems Collaborative, with the Western U.P. Planning and …Hancock's Dan Rouleau, Calumet's Dan Giachino and Houghton's Corey Markham have continued the strong hockey traditions at their alma maters. (Eden Laase/Daily Mining Gazette) HOUGHTON — It's October and Houghton County has just experienced its first snow of the season. It's barely sticking to the ground, but water is beginning to freeze.Jan 30, 2024. Garrett Neese. Staff Writer. [email protected]. Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette Dominic Barrette, right, is sworn in during his hearing in Houghton County Circuit Court Monday. HOUGHTON — A Hancock man pleaded guilty to charges related to downloading child pornography in Houghton County Circuit Court Monday.

Robert W. 'Bobby' Borsum. Robert W. "Bobby" Borsum, 66, a former resident of Dollar Bay, passed away at the Trinity Hospital in Minot, ND, Sunday, November 6, 2O22, while residing with his daughter in Minot, ND, following a 30+year battle with MS. He was born on April 28, 1956, in Adrian, MI, a son of the late Robert D. and Shirley ...

Staff Writer. [email protected]. HOUGHTON — The City Council at its regular December meeting on Wednesday approved the proposed rezoning of several East Houghton properties near the edge of the dowtown district of Shelden Avenue. The rezoning of the properties was recommended to the Council by the Houghton Planning Commission.(Eddie O'Neill/Daily Mining Gazette) HOUGHTON — The "hockey gods" did not send just one Trojan force from below the bridge this past weekend to take down the Gremlins, but rather two, and neither succeeded. On Friday, the Trojans of Traverse City Central made their way north to Dee Stadium only to be sent home with a 4-1 loss.HOUGHTON — Saturday's Deer Hunters' Widows Craft Show & Marketplace was the biggest yet. The annual show, put on by the Daily Mining Gazette for more than a decade, filled the Copper Country Mall with shoppers looking for holiday deals among more than 100 vendors. There were at least 80 vendors on the floor, said […]Feb 16, 2024. Garrett Neese. Staff Writer. [email protected]. HOUGHTON — The Houghton County Board approved a $45,000 permanent working capital loan to a startup roofing company in the area Tuesday. Peak Metal Roofing Products is a metal roof and siding manufacturer located on Quincy Hill. The Peak Metal Roofing project is …

Apr 25, 2024. Garrett Neese. Staff Writer. [email protected]. Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette Planning Commission members Tom Merz, Eric Waara, Norma Veurink and Brian Irizarry go over proposed language in the city's master plan during Tuesday's meeting. The city council approved the plan and the capital improvement plan Wednesday ...

Business records of the Daily Mining Gazette, a newspaper published daily in Houghton, Michigan. Includes correspondence, memorandums, photographs, financial records and reports. ... Series 1, Daily Mining Gazette General Manager Records, 1899-1978 Subseries 1.1, William Garner Rice Records, 1905-1941 Subseries 1.2, John Rhodes Pimlott Records ...

Mar 20, 2024 · HOUGHTON — Houghton High School may join the many schools around the country with weighted grade-point averages to award more points for advanced classes. The Houghton-Portage Township Schools Board discussed instituting a weighted grade-point average at its meeting Monday. The district had begun exploring the idea after talking with parents, said Superintendent Anders Hill. Under […] Jan 17, 2024. ? AUSTIN, MN — Deacon Richard B. "Richie" Aho, of Austin, Minnesota, passed away peacefully on January 10, 2024 at Sacred Heart Care Center in Austin surrounded by his wife Jo Ann, family and the special caregivers of Sacred Heart. Rich was born on December 31, 1944 to Ahti and Irene (Oikarinen) Aho in Laurium, Michigan.Local Sports. May 16, 2017. Bryce Derouin. Sports Editor. [email protected]. Bryce Derouin/Daily Mining Gazette Houghton’s Carly Ronis hands the baton off to Cara Monette in the 800 …Mar 16, 2023 · Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette Residents hold signs protesting Walmart’s attempt to lower its property taxes Wednesday afternoon. HOUGHTON — As a stream of cars drove in and out of the Walmart parking lot Wednesday afternoon, residents and local officials held signs protesting the company’s push for lower property taxes on the Houghton store. Jun 28, 2023. Graham Jaehnig. Staff Writer. [email protected]. Graham Jaehnig/Daily Mining Gazette Jim Enrietti and his wife, Terri, discussing decorations for his upcoming Diamond Jubilee celebration at the Calumet Theatre. A Calumet Village native, Jim also reminisced about going to the theater with his parents on a weekly [email protected]. WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Gary Peters said Tuesday he has given U.S. Postmaster Gen. Louis DeJoy a May 1 deadline to provide information on the impact his proposed changes to the U.S. postal system will have on delivery speeds. "We are going to hold the Postal Service to these deadlines and expect that we get that ...

Local Sports. May 16, 2017. Bryce Derouin. Sports Editor. [email protected]. Bryce Derouin/Daily Mining Gazette Houghton's Carly Ronis hands the baton off to Cara Monette in the 800 relay Thursday in Calumet during the Copper Country Invite. Houghton won the event and the meet. CALUMET — Monday's Copper Country Invite at Calumet ...(Houghton Daily Mining Gazette photo) Evan Dixon HOUGHTON — The Houghton man accused of committing a murder in downtown Houghton Monday night was denied bond in 97th District Court Friday. Evan ...The House voted 209-205 to pass a bill authored by Colorado Republican Lauren Boebert that would remove the gray wolf from the federal endangered species …Candace Wolf/Daily Mining Gazette Houghton High School seniors, from left, Danielle Williston, Lance Isaacson and Ayla Miller pose with gifts to be delivered to Lakeview Manor residents in the complex's lobby Thursday. The students are part of the Career and Technical Education nurse's aide class that collaborated with Little Brothers ...ONTONAGON — The search continued Monday for a kayaker reported missing Friday afternoon in Ontonagon Township. In a Monday news release, the Michigan State Police identified the man believed to be the kayaker as Dale Venema, 74, of Ontonagon. He was reported missing around 2:15 p.m. Friday by a resident who saw an upside-down kayak on Lake ...

Gremlins girls back on winning track. Eddie O'Neill/Daily Mining Gazette Houghton's Danica Ryynanen (left) battles for a rebound against Megan Marta, of Westwood, during a game Thursday at the Houghton Gym. HOUGHTON — After two tough losses, the Houghton Gremlins girls' basketball team got back on the winning track Thursday with a 62-45 ...By Houghton Daily Mining Gazette staff MARQUETTE — After a little more than two hours of deliberation, a federal jury found a former Michigan Technological University student guilty on two ...

HOUGHTON — Some Copper Country roads will be smoother thanks to the latest round of funding from the state. Hancock, Houghton and Ontonagon received some of the $8 million in total grants given out through the state's Community Service Infrastructure Fund Category B program. Villages and cities under 10,000 people are eligible for the funds, […]Feb 3, 2024. Garrett Neese. Staff Writer. [email protected]. Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette Tau Kappa Epsilon's statue is seen in progress on the Michigan Technological University campus Friday. HOUGHTON — Despite unusually warm weather, Michigan Technological University's Winter Carnival is underway with only slight ...Obituaries. Aug 9, 2023. Chassell — Jean Kathryn Pyykkonen (formerly Guzek) was born in Hancock, MI, to Rudy and Irja Pyykkonen on June 1st 1947, and made her eventual home in Chassell, MI. Jean passed away peacefully at St. Mary's Hospital in Green Bay on July 22, 2023. Jean, also known as "Jeannie" by those who loved her, had been ...Hancock center Max Heinonen takes the opening faceoff against Dewitt Capital City center Max Tyler during the first period of a game Saturday at the Houghton County Arena in Hancock. (Daver Karnosky/Daily Mining Gazette) Houghton forward Cooper Leonard bears down on the goaltender from Novi during a game Saturday at Dee Stadium in Houghton.Feb 13, 2024 · Feb 13, 2024. Garrett Neese. Staff Writer. [email protected]. Garrett Neese/Daily MIning Gazette Trenton Kyllonen is seen with his attorney David Gemignani at his sentencing hearing in Houghton County Circuit Court Monday. Kyllonen was sentenced to a year in jail on multiple charges related to an online sting operation conducted last year. Waara gives Houghton development updates to council. Local News. Mar 29, 2024. Garrett Neese. Staff Writer. [email protected]. HOUGHTON — More residential development could be coming to Houghton. During his report to the City Council at Wednesday’s meeting, City Manager Eric Waara said he met with Keweenaw Economic Development ...Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette Residents hold signs protesting Walmart's attempt to lower its property taxes Wednesday afternoon. HOUGHTON — As a stream of cars drove in and out of the Walmart parking lot Wednesday afternoon, residents and local officials held signs protesting the company's push for lower property taxes on the Houghton store.Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette Skiers wait in line to ride the T-Bar to the top of the hill at Mont Ripley Saturday afternoon. Mont Ripley reopened Saturday after higher temperatures and rain forced it to close for the final week of December. ... Sandi Mattson of Houghton skied down the hill guiding her daughter Olivia Mattson, 5. “It’s ...Hancock's Dan Rouleau, Calumet's Dan Giachino and Houghton's Corey Markham have continued the strong hockey traditions at their alma maters. (Eden Laase/Daily Mining Gazette) HOUGHTON — It's October and Houghton County has just experienced its first snow of the season. It's barely sticking to the ground, but water is beginning to freeze.By The Daily Mining Gazette HOUGHTON — One man was shot and killed in an incident Monday evening at a Shelden Avenue business in Houghton. The Houghton Police Department on Tuesday morning ...

A Houghton public works truck sands Shelden Avenue during Monday’s snowfall. (Houghton Daily Mining Gazette photo) HOUGHTON — An early winter storm hit the Copper Country Sunday. After a ...

[email protected]. HOUGHTON — Former colleagues of Ray Kestner credited the longtime Houghton city manager with revitalizing Houghton in the years after the local mining industry collapsed. Kestner, who served as director of public works, and for most of his 26 years with Houghton, city manager, died last week in Grand Haven, Michigan ...

Contact Us Contact information: Call 1 (906) 482-1500 to contact any staff member, or use the available e-mail link below. Phone: Local: (906) 482-1500HOUGHTON — An early winter storm hit the Copper Country Sunday. After a snowless November, several inches of snow hit the Keweenaw starting Sunday afternoon. Cold Arctic air moved south over the still-warm area of Lake Superior, causing the lake effect storm, said Evan Kutta, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Negaunee. The snow […]Houghton's Isaiah Lawson drives around a defender during a game this season at the Houghton Gym. (David Archambeau/For the Gazette) The Houghton "bigs" dominated the boards on rebounds and points in the paint. Among them was Bryce Pugh, who led the Gremlins with 27 points - the majority of which were off the glass and inside the paint.Michael Salmi, along with Robyn Johnson and Craig Waddell, is one of three candidates for the Houghton City Council position on the May 3 ballot. (Interviews with Johnson and Waddell will run later this week.) Salmi, a certified registered nurse anesthetist at UP Health System - Portage, has lived in the city for 14 years.Mar 29, 2024 · Waara gives Houghton development updates to council. Local News. Mar 29, 2024. Garrett Neese. Staff Writer. [email protected]. HOUGHTON — More residential development could be coming to Houghton. During his report to the City Council at Wednesday’s meeting, City Manager Eric Waara said he met with Keweenaw Economic Development ... Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette Houghton City Council member Brian Irizarry addresses the council prior to being named mayor at Tuesday’s organizational meeting. HOUGHTON — Houghton’s city council has a change in leadership. By 4-3 votes, the council named Brian Irizarry as mayor and Joan Suits as mayor pro tem for two-year …CALUMET — Agriculture is making a comeback in Houghton County, and through the efforts of three local farm owners, the Copper Country now has an outlet for lo ... Graham Jaehnig/Daily Mining Gazette Jean McParlan, of the St. Johns Creek Farm, of Hancock Township, in the new Frozen Farms Company agricultural store, located at 320 …Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette Eventual runners-up the Twisted Devils Green from Gull Lake and Tech BraveBots from Gladstone, left, inspect their robots in the final seconds of the second game in a best-of-three finals against the BetaWolves from Carney and the Silver Hornets from Troy in Saturday’s U.P. FIRST Tech Challenge … The Daily Mining Gazette is a newspaper published in Houghton, Michigan. The paper is also distributed over most of the Upper Peninsula and some northern parts of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan . It is a daily Monday through Friday, with an expanded, combined Saturday-Sunday edition. Feb 16, 2024. Garrett Neese. Staff Writer. [email protected]. HOUGHTON — The Houghton County Board approved a $45,000 permanent working capital loan to a startup roofing company in the area Tuesday. Peak Metal Roofing Products is a metal roof and siding manufacturer located on Quincy Hill. The Peak Metal Roofing project is …Aidan Reilly/Daily Mining Gazette Houghton Rotary club members stationed at the beverage ticket tent Friday afternoon. HOUGHTON — For the first time in three years, crowds returned to Houghton and Hancock to enjoy the festival celebrating the link between the two communities. Encouraged by good weather, people lined the streets.Obituary: Peter Norman Norgard. As received from the O'Neill-Dennis Funeral Home: Peter Norman Norgard, 61, of Dollar Bay, passed away at his home on Friday, April 26, 2024 following a lingering illness. He was born on October 2, 1962 in Hancock to the late Norman and Clarice (Ebert) Norgard. He was a 1981 graduate ….

Houghton Daily Mining Gazette staff. HANCOCK — Former Finlandia University buildings have begun changing hands. The sales of the Jutila Center, Old Main and other properties auctioned off in ...The Daily Mining Gazette invites its readers to step into the past. Included in today's edition is one historic photo from the Copper Country. Readers are asked to identify the location shown and share a memorable experience of the location. ... P.O. Box 368, Houghton, MI 49931 | 906-482-1500 ...Evans finished with a time of 65 minutes, 14 seconds; Kilpela’s 78 minutes, 59 seconds earned her second overall. (Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette) HOUGHTON — Saturday morning, dozens of people swam, bicycled and ran along the Houghton waterfront in a triathlon named for a Houghton native who helped fight pollution in Lake …Instagram:https://instagram. weather radar cloverdale indianahow to cook omaha steaks individual scalloped potatoesp4g izanamitops grocery weekly ads Faith perspective: Belief, not science, can explain God’s power. March 29, 2024. Twenty centuries ago, a Jew named Yeshua (in Aramaic, a language related to Hebrew) was executed by Romans. His execution was by a very cruel form of torture. In the 21st century, people still believe that Yeshua, known to us as Jesus, is the Son of God and our ...Houghton Daily Mining Gazette staff. HANCOCK — Hancock's annual mid-winter celebration reaches its peak Saturday with a parade, games, markets, dancing and other activities. howard county indiana sheriff saledoberman puppies for sale atlanta ga Obituaries. Aug 9, 2023. Chassell — Jean Kathryn Pyykkonen (formerly Guzek) was born in Hancock, MI, to Rudy and Irja Pyykkonen on June 1st 1947, and made her eventual home in Chassell, MI. Jean passed away peacefully at St. Mary’s Hospital in Green Bay on July 22, 2023. Jean, also known as “Jeannie” by those who loved her, had been ... roku home screen movie references 2023 Dec 16, 2023 · Dec 16, 2023. Aidan Reilly/Daily Mining Gazette Emergency crews responded to an early Friday fire at 932 Dodge St. in Houghton, where a man was found dead. HOUGHTON — Police officers and the Houghton Fire Department responded to a structure fire at 932 Dodge St. early Friday morning. According to a statement from the police department, the ... Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette The Houghton Police Department is looking to become the second department in the Upper Peninsula accredited through the Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police. Residents will be able to call from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. to give their thoughts on the department.