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HOUGHTON — Some of the top snowboarders in the Midwest will converge on Huron Street in Houghton Saturday for a night of crowd-pleasing jumps, flips and other tricks. The Jibba Jabba rail jam event is back for a second year after a 10-year layoff. ... Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette Builders prepare the Jibba Jabba course along Huron ...(Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette) Houghton County Administrator Eric Forsberg discusses the county budget at a public hearing Tuesday. HOUGHTON — Houghton County approved its 2020 fiscal year budget after a public hearing Tuesday. General fund revenues are projected at $10,138,406, versus $10,068,840.Floods flash through Lake Linden. Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette Mud is seen piled along the roadway Wednesday after overnight flooding in Lake Linden. HOUGHTON — A culvert failure on the hillside above Lake Linden led to flooding in part of the village Tuesday night. In a Facebook post, the Lake Linden Volunteer Fire Department urged ...The Mining Gazette is a local newspaper covering news, sports and jobs in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. Find the latest stories on coronavirus, MTU, grants, Down syndrome, snowmobiling, food pantry and more.Read the newspaper online or on paper with an All Access subscription to The Daily Mining Gazette. You can access the digital edition of the newspaper, the website, and the apps for your devices with your print subscription.

Houghton Daily Mining Gazette. HOUGHTON — Local high school students spent weeks researching everything from Calumet’s Italian Hall to the history of penicillin. Wednesday, they got to ...Feb 13, 2024 · Feb 13, 2024. Garrett Neese. Staff Writer. [email protected]. Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette Scott Monette addresses Judge Donald Powell during his sentencing hearing in Houghton County Circuit Court Monday. Monette, a former police officer, was sentenced to 90 days in jail for possession of methamphetamine. EDITOR'S NOTE: Part 2 of this piece appeared in the Wednesday, July 14, edition of the Daily Mining Gazette. On Aug. 4, 2020, Houghton residents (myself included) voted overwhelmingly (830 to 226) to postpone the sale of the city's Lakeshore Drive parking deck property "until the citizens of Houghton . . . are able to […]

May 3, 2024. Garrett Neese. Staff Writer. [email protected]. Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette Proposed projects for the coming year in Houghton include park improvements, such as amenities for younger children at the East Houghton Park. HOUGHTON — Park improvements, parking deck repairs and lower insurance premiums were part of the ...Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette Houghton-Portage Township Schools Superintendent Anders Hill, left, listens to recommendations from Baord President Amanda Massaway after his evaluation Monday. The board rated Hill as "highly effective," the highest of four categories in the state's system.

Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette Jacob Ojala of Guardians of the North works on their statue during Wednesday’s all-nighter. Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette Tau Kappa Epsilon’s Winter Carnival statue, “The Lighthouse Shines The Way As the Ranger Heads to Bay” earned them first place in the Winter Carnival snow statue competition, snapping Phi Kappa Tau’s five-year win streak.Houghton exacts revenge on Calumet to reach final. David Archambeau/Daily Mining Gazette Top: Hancock's Teddy Randell tips a shot in close to Howell's Nathan George (1), during the first period of a game Wednesday at the MacInnes Student Ice Arena. Bottom: Houghton's Jacob Kruse tries to find a way to beat Calumet's Davin Lehto (10) while being ...Houghton Daily Mining Gazette. Portage Lake District Library director Katrina Linde-Moriarty addresses the Hancock School Board on Monday, providing details of the proposed contract between the ...Daily Mining Gazette 2022 Year in Review Top 10. Features. Jan 11, 2023. Graham Jaehnig & Garrett Neese. 1. TNC purchases Keweenaw Heartlands. In the penultimate week of 2022, the Nature Conservancy announced that it had finalized the purchase of the full 32,469 acres in the Keweenaw Peninsula known as the Keweenaw Heartlands.Staff Writer. [email protected]. HOUGHTON — Houghton County is requesting a state grant to assist in recovery from this year’s heavy spring snow melt flooding. The Houghton County Board approved a request for the governor to authorize a grant from the State Disaster Contingency Fund to go towards more than …

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 …

Dec 23, 2023. INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, FL - Hughes, Ronald A., of Indian Rocks Beach FL, (formerly of Oak Park, CA) passed away Tuesday, November 21, 2023, at the age of 74. He was born October 18, 1949, in Detroit, MI, to Evan and Eleanor (Komula) Hughes, and grew up in Houghton, MI, in the UP. After graduating from high school, he attended ...

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 …HOUGHTON — Land behind Walmart could turn into a residential development. The Houghton City Council approved giving city manager Eric Waara permission to negotiate an option for purchase for about 130 acres of city-owned land behind Walmart. The option would allow the potential buyer, JM Longyear, to conduct due diligence activities such as surveying, geotechnical […]HOUGHTON — Land behind Walmart could turn into a residential development. The Houghton City Council approved giving city manager Eric Waara permission to negotiate an option for purchase for about 130 acres of city-owned land behind Walmart. The option would allow the potential buyer, JM Longyear, to conduct due …April 25, 2024 - Local News. The Houghton County Fair will be from August 22 to August 25, 2024, at the fairgrounds in Hancock. This year's Houghton County Fair lineup of entertainment has been completed. The Skerbeck Midway and Carnival will be open from 3 to 10 p.m. Thursday, 1 to 10 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 1 ... Page: 2 of 100. 1. 2. 3.For The Daily Mining Gazette HOUGHTON — State data Wednesday listed two more deaths blamed on COVID-19 in Houghton County in the past week, though the number of new confirmed virus positives declined. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services coronavirus website Wednesday had 35 new confirmed positives in Houghton County, 30 in Baraga […]Apr 1, 2024. GARRETT NEESE. Houghton Daily Mining Gazette. Hancock resident Danielle Ahrens comments on the draft of Hancock’s five-year master plan during the …Eddie O'Neill/Daily Mining Gazette Rodney Irizarry hands out soccer pinnies to players last week. The 71-year-old coach was in the Houghton area helping his son, Brian begin opeing week of practices for the Houghton FC. "In particular, I hope we are a training ground or foundation for the Finlandia and Michigan Tech soccer programs," he said.

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 ….Mining gives people a portion of the resources needed for modern civilization, but it can also lead to environmental harm. Humans need a wide range of natural resources to create t...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 ...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 ...(Eddie O’Neill/The Daily Mining Gazette) A banner honoring a World War II veteran hangs on a lamp post in Hubbell. The banners are part of the Houghton County Veterans Affairs Office’s Veteran Recognition Banner Program. More than 260 banners like this will be hung around Houghton County municipalities starting this Memorial Day weekend.Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette Houghton City Manager Eric Waara cuts the ribbon at a ceremony honoring Houghton's electric vehicle charging stations. The chargers, installed in January, draw around 20 vehicles a day. HOUGHTON — Houghton's new electric vehicle chargers have seen steady usage since they were activated in January.

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 terms.

Jun 6, 2023. Garrett Neese. Staff Writer. [email protected]. Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette The City of Houghton and Walmart have agreed to forego a Michigan Tax Tribunal hearing in the hopes of reaching an agreement regarding the taxable value of the Houghton store. HOUGHTON — Walmart and the City of Houghton have agreed to forego ...Nov 21, 2023. JACOBSVILLE — John Dee, 57, a resident of Jacobsville passed away unexpectedly on November 14, 2023 in Rochester, MN while undergoing evaluation for a heart transplant. He is survived by: His Wife Nora, daughter Grace, Brother Jim Dee of Houghton, Sister Jeni Sumner of Goltry, OK, Aunt Susan (Dave) Klebbe Cary, IL, Mother in law ...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.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 ...HOUGHTON — Houghton will host an open house 5:30 p.m. Sept. 29 to let the public weigh in on what they want to see happen with the Lakeshore Drive parking dec. ... Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette Mary Kaminski addressed the Houghton City Council about the proposed Verna Mize Triathlon in June. On Wednesday, after the council discussed ...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.

By GARRETT NEESE [email protected] HOUGHTON — Houghton may apply for a state grant seeking improvements to Dee Stadium. Houghton Planning Commission members backed the idea of applying for a grant for community centers through the state's Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity. The program will have a pool of up to $60 million to give […]

Lakes boys outpace Trojans 65-54. Local Sports. Feb 23, 2024. Eddie O'Neill. Sports Writer. [email protected]. Lake Linden-Hubbell’s Danny Marcotte shoots a free throw as several members of Crystal Falls Forest Park step in to box out his teammates during a game Wednesday at the SDC Gym in Houghton. (Eddie …

Hundreds turn out for Aura Jamboree. Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazeete Wilho Kipela, Hugo Lehto and Dan Jackovich get the crowd to dance Saturday afternoon during the Aura Jamboree. AURA — As couples waltzed to the sound of country outside the Aura Community Hall Saturday afternoon, They all had one thing in common: They were glad to be back ...By GARRETT NEESE [email protected] HOUGHTON — After four years away, the Keweenaw Brewfest drew a big crowd as it returned Saturday with a new location and new organizer. The 11th annual Brewfest, now put on by Houghton Rotary, took place Saturday at the downtown pier in Houghton. The event, run by Keweenaw Community Foundation since […]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 …(Daver Karnosky/Daily Mining Gazette) HOUGHTON — Playing their sixth game of the season, the Houghton Gremlins boys basketball team, who opened their season with a gauntlet of tough opponents, faced yet another one on Monday in the Lake Linden-Hubbell Lakes. The Lakes are a team that Gremlins coach Jared Lawson has no doubt will be in the ...Our readers and web viewers can become your customers when you advertise in The Daily Mining Gazette and mininggazette.com. ... P.O. Box 368, Houghton, MI 49931 | 906 ...Feb 12, 2024. Garrett Neese. Staff Writer. [email protected]. Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette Father Romeo Capella, associate pastor at St. Albert the Great University Parish, speaks during Saturday's Ice Mass. The parish builds an ice chapel every year during Winter Carnival. HOUGHTON — Hundreds of worshippers again packed the ...The Houghton Daily Mining Gazette’s cartoon on the subject of transgender athletes was offensive, inconsiderate, and demonstrates a total lack of concern for the truth, which I thought was the purpose of a newspaper. It mocks a population faced with social scorn, resulting in an accelerated rate of suicide. ...Hundreds turn out for Aura Jamboree. Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazeete Wilho Kipela, Hugo Lehto and Dan Jackovich get the crowd to dance Saturday afternoon during the Aura Jamboree. AURA — As couples waltzed to the sound of country outside the Aura Community Hall Saturday afternoon, They all had one thing in …Gremlins baseball takes two from Copper Kings. April 27, 2024. HOUGHTON — The Houghton Gremlins arrived at their home field Thursday with hitting on their minds. They swung their way to a sweep of the visiting Calumet Copper Kings with scores of 12-3 and 14-3. The second game ended in the fourth due to the 10-run mercy run.Mar 14, 2022. HOUGHTON — An apartment building in Houghton was destroyed after an explosion and structure fire early Sunday morning, though there were only minor injuries. The fire was reported at 1:27 a.m. at the apartment building next to the Keweenaw Chamber of Commerce building on College Avenue, the Houghton Police Department said.

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 ...Hancock coach Ward Helakoski gives some instruction to his team late in the third quarter of their game against Houghton Monday at the Houghton Gym. (Eddie O'Neill/Daily Mining Gazette) This Wing Ding 2.0 was very much the tale of two halves. The Gremlins won the first one with smart play and finesse as the led 14-11 after one and 28-19 at ...Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette Julie Beck, Little Brothers Friends of the Elderly lead volunteer at the Thanksgiving dinner in Houghton, says grace at the start of the meal. More than 30 diners and 30 volunteers participated in Thursday’s meal. Thursday’s meal gave another chance for connection. And the food was also great, …Instagram:https://instagram. graduation etsuwhich sam's club sells cigarettesgun show this weekend dfwhow to score the gfta 3 The Mining Gazette is a local newspaper covering Houghton, Keweenaw, Baraga and Ontonagon counties in Michigan. Find the latest news, sports, obituaries, features, letters, columns and more on its website. stella sea moss reviewsgarden island laundromat and tanning In today’s digital age, where news is readily available at our fingertips, it may seem easy to overlook the importance of traditional newspapers. However, for residents of Cedar Ra... bxm11 map Hancock coach Ward Helakoski gives some instruction to his team late in the third quarter of their game against Houghton Monday at the Houghton Gym. (Eddie O'Neill/Daily Mining Gazette) This Wing Ding 2.0 was very much the tale of two halves. The Gremlins won the first one with smart play and finesse as the led 14-11 after one and 28-19 at ...May 3, 2022 ... Letter to the Editor in the gazette in Houghton on Friday. ... Maybe if it were more palatable to the typical mining gazette ... daily-mining- ...Oct 31, 2023. Garrett Neese. Staff Writer. [email protected]. HOUGHTON — A new prosecutor has been appointed in Houghton County. Dan Helmer was named to the post by 12th Circuit Court Judge Brittany Bulleit. He comes to the post from Kent County, where he has been an assistant prosecutor since graduating from law school in 2011.