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Keweenaw County aims to address zoning

EAGLE RIVER — The Keweenaw County Board of Commissioners has scheduled a public hearing at the Horizons School, in Mohawk, to be held at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. The purpose of the hearing is for county residents to voice their opinions on zoning and zoning ordinances. “What do the people want?” Board Chairman Don Piche said in discussing the hearing. “The board is at a crossroads with zoning,” said Piche. “The meeting is for the public to provide input on if they want zoning, do they not want zoning, do they want the townships to enact their own zoning. “What does the ...

The Cure — IM: 100-Plus Women donation helps add program director

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Cure — Iron Mountain has been able to hire a full-time program director, thanks to a five-figure donation from Dickinson County 100-Plus Women Who Care. Katie Cherney will work with students conducting workshops and scheduling events, said Heather Ruesch, owner of The ...

Man gets jail term for stalking called ‘political’ harassment

ESCANABA — A Gladstone man was sentenced to 150 days in jail for stalking in Delta County, after sending threats to a former county commissioner’s ex-wife in what was described by prosecutors as “political” harassment. Paul David Mason, of Gladstone, was in court on Wednesday for his sentencing related to charges of stalking Anastasia VanEnkevort. Mason pled no contest to the charges. VanEnkevort first filed a police report with the Escanaba Public Safety Department back in May of 2023 regarding a suspicious situation involving online messages. VanEnkevort showed police ...

Taking water dangers seriously

HOUGHTON — Boating on Lake Superior can be both fun and dangerous. Boats docked at Ontonagon Marina on Tuesday are ready for some summertime activities. Damian Wolf/For the Mining Gazette As July arrives, many across the Copper Country are continuing their enjoyment of summertime ...

Gladstone pickleball project taking shape

GLADSTONE — A few more pieces are still waiting to be assembled, but the new home of Gladstone Area Pickleball should be ready for play before the end of the year at the John and Melissa Besse Sports Park. To those temporarily playing on their shared-use courts in downtown Gladstone, it probably seems like completion can’t come soon enough, but this project has moved at an unusually fast pace — driven by the enthusiasm and numbers of pickleball players in Delta County and beyond. In 2021, a fundraiser organized by Gladstone Area Pickleball enabled the resurfacing of multi-purpose ...

Development scaled-down due to EGLE impasse

PORTAGE TOWNSHIP — A developer proposing to build a housing development near Michigan Technological University plans to shift to larger building lots under a less restrictive rule after what he described as an impasse with the state agency regulating it. Don McLean’s River Trails ...