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Cheer Club needs your support

HOUGHTON – Cheer Club has been ramping up this week at the Daily Mining Gazette but continues to need your support through next week. “This is such a worthy cause, Daily Mining Gazette publisher Candace Wolf said. “These donations will make a big difference to the Copper Country. It’s ...

Cashing in on cookies

HANCOCK — Copper Country Senior Meals is baking up something special for the holidays. This year is its first cookie fundraiser. Copper Country Senior Meals is creating and selling Holiday Cookie Boxes this December as a fundraiser. Boxes are being sold through Sunday on the Copper ...

Trinity Episcopal Church celebrates ordination of new pastor

On Saturday, December 10 at 11 a.m., the Rev. Sarah Diener-Schlitt will be ordained to the priesthood at Trinity Episcopal Church in Houghton. All members of the community are invited to witness and celebrate this sacred service. The Rev. Sarah has been serving as Deacon at Trinity since June ...

Then & Now

The Daily Mining Gazette invites its readers to step into the past. Included in today’s edition are two historic photos from the Copper Country. Readers are asked to identify the location shown and share a favorite memory of it. A collection of reader responses will be published with a ...

All fueled up

HOUGHTON — Houghton and Keweenaw counties are dealing with the highest average fuel prices in the state, which are up to 60 cents higher than some other counties in the western Upper Peninsula. AAA’s statewide survey Tuesday showed Keweenaw County at $3.999 for a gallon of regular gas, ...

Calumet, Laurium invite the public to celebrate Christmas

CALUMET TOWNSHIP — The village of Calumet is celebrating Christmas throughout December and Main Street Calumet (MSC) has promised a festive day for Saturday, Dec. 10. MSC Executive Director Leah Polzien has announced that on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., there will be free horse-drawn ...