According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), nationwide over 38 million Americans have diabetes with nearly 98 million exhibiting prediabetes. The ADA notes that over the past 20 years the number of people diagnosed with diabetes has more than doubled. What is Diabetes Rochester, ...

The The Daily Mining Gazette & The Copper Country Mall Deer Hunter's Widows Craft Show. Saturday, November 9th from 9am - 3pm at the Copper Country Mall, Houghton Download or Print

“In the kingdom of copper, there are two major provinces,” Time Magazine stated on Sept. 21, 1936. “One is the U.S., bounded by a towering tariff wall (4¢ per lb.). The other is the world outside.” In the “world outside”, the article states, copper men have low production costs ...

Spring, summer and fall are great months to get out the whole family working together on making firewood. Nothing is more essential than making firewood in the Copper Country. We need it. We love it. The cold weather here demands it. When frosty days and nights come, firewood heat is the best ...

By the mid-1930s, tractors were more and more finding favor with farmers. Modern machinery, in conjunction with modern farming methods, including chemical applications, were increasing agricultural yields. In the Copper Country, a high percentage of farmers benefited from new and improved ...

Admit it or not, we are all wannabe artists. At one time or another, in one way or another, we feel the need to express ourselves. The question is how – vocally? In gestures? In what medium? This is the story of one person who took over 80 years, in an effort to make people see beauty as he ...