Daily Mining Gazette

12/11/2025

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HOUGHTON – Tuesday’s Houghton County Board of Commissioners meeting attracted more than 400 residents to the Courthouse regarding a proposed resolution declaring there are only two sexes, which are determined by XY Chromosomes and XX Chromosomes. During the public comment period of the Board mee...

12/10/2025

https://www.mininggazette.com/news/front-page/2025/12/the-public-speaks/

HOUGHTON – Tuesday’s Houghton County Board of Commissioners meeting attracted more than 400 residents to the Courthouse regarding a proposed resolution declaring there are only two sexes, which are determined by XY Chromosomes and XX Chromosomes. During the public comment period of the Board mee...

12/10/2025

https://www.mininggazette.com/news/front-page/2025/12/county-board-rejects-two-sex-proposal/

HOUGHTON – The Houghton County Board of Commissioners Tuesday rejected a proposed resolution declaring there are only two sexes, male and female. The proposal, authored by Commissioner Joel Keranen, was reject by a 4-1 vote with only Keranen voting in favor. Keranen represents District 2 made up o...

11/29/2025

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ONTONAGON COUNTY – According to a press release from the Michigan Dept of Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD), the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza was detected in a backyard flock in Ontonagon County. The report followed an investigation by MDOARD and the Michigan State Univers...

11/28/2025

11/27/2025

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COPPER COUNTRY — Electricity remains out in several areas as the result of the ongoing winter storm that hit the area last night. According to the Upper Peninsula Power Company, more than 2,800 customers were without electricity as of 7 p.m. (EST). According to UPPCO’s Outage Center map, the lar...

11/19/2025

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HANCOCK — The Hancock City Council is expected to approve the appointment of former city manager and current Houghton County Board of Commissioners member Glenn Anderson as a special project manager for the Navy Street Extension, a project aimed to connecting roads along the waterfront. At Monday....

11/19/2025

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HANCOCK — The Salvation Army’s annual Red Kettle Campaign begins Friday. According to Director Pete Machin, funds raised by the campaign stay local and support the activities of The Salvation Army (TSA) Bread of Life Center in Downtown Hancock. Mackin said the campaign is vital to TSA locally. ....

11/17/2025

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ISLE ROYALE – New research, published in Nature Scientific Reports, reveals how gray wolves on Isle Royale National Park seasonally alter their habitat preferences to align with beavers’ habitat preferences, a shift that might have implications for the island’s ecosystem. Isle Royale is home t...

11/17/2025

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WAKEFIELD — The Michigan State Police (MSP) Wakefield Post announced the recent promotion of a new sergeant. Sergeant James Gilmer has been a member of the MSP for more than twenty-five years prior to this promotion. Gilmer grew up in Bergland, Michigan, before his family moved to Ontonagon. He gr...

11/08/2025

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HOUGHTON — A former Michigan Tech student has been sentenced in connection with an incident involving a 9/11 memorial on the MTU campus in September. 21-year old Avery Lawrence was sentenced to 12 months probation and 15 days of community service Friday morning in Houghton County 97th District Cou...