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Apr 19, 2021 HOUGHTON (AP) — A Watersmeet High School student met with professors and college students at Michigan Technological University recently as part of an internship program aimed at promoting Native American interest in STEM fields. “My science teacher actually brought it up in class, and I figured, ‘Why not?” said Watersmeet 11th-grader Assiniis Chosa. “I really do like life science, so it didn’t hurt to come try.” Because of the pandemic, Chosa had only gotten virtual p...

Students visit Michigan Tech in internship program GARRETT NEESE, The Daily Mining Gazette April 17, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Assiniis Chosa, an 11th-grade student at Watersmeet High School in Watersmeet, Mich., right, looks at a moose jaw held by Michigan Technological University wildlife ecology and conservation senior Allie Johnson during a visit to campus in Houghton, Mich., on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Because of the pandemic last year, Chosa had only gotten virtual presentations along wit...

GARRETT NEESE Jan Tucker, 85, broadcasts one of her final shows before her retirement Wednesday. (Photo provided by Jan Tucker via the Houghton Daily Mining Gazette) ONTONAGON — As Jan Tucker’s retirement approached, people sent her memories of the radio show. One woman came by Tucker’s house with a folder full of yellowing recipes her aunt had jotted down from her radio program in the ’60s. Another remembered waking up in the morning as a child and hearing her mother and aunt listening...

gneese@mininggazette.com Photo provided by Jan Tucker Jan Tucker, 85, broadcasts one of her final shows before her retirement Wednesday. ONTONAGON — As Jan Tucker’s retirement approached, people sent her memories of the radio show. One woman came by Tucker’s house with a folder full of yellowing recipes her aunt had jotted down from her radio program in the ’60s. Another remembered waking up in the morning as a child and hearing her mother and aunt listening to the show and talking. �...

Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette A sign promises the return of the miner statue to Franklin Square in Houghton. Industrial Graphics created the substitute for the statue, which was damaged after being hit by a car in January. The temporary replacement is anchored with vandal-proof bolts and a 400-pound block of concrete, City Manager Eric Waara said Wednesday. Restoration work on the original statue is hope to be finished by early summer, Waara said. Newsletter Im interested in (please check...

Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette Andrea Rake, a fifth-year student at Michigan Technological University, and Madeline Williston, a second-year student, craft a snow statue of a plane for Guardians of the North Wednesday afternoon. Makers of month-long statues and all-nighters were busy on campus Wednesday as the countdown to their early-morning finish began. Newsletter Im interested in (please check all that apply) Daily Newsletter

Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette Molly Kiilunen helps her son Corey, 4, as sons Lars, 8, and John, 7, speed ahead as the first skaters on the Kestner Park S

Joshua Vissers/Daily Mining Gazette Frosty the Snowman puts his heavy-equipment license to work for Superior Sand & Gravel in Hancock. If you would like to have your lights display seen in the Daily Mining Gazette, please send them to clerk@mininggazette.com. We will display some of our favorite submissions over the next few days. Newsletter Im interested in (please check all that apply) Daily Newsletter