Editor's note: The Daily Globe is counting down the Gogebic Range's top five stories of 2017 each day this week. The editorial department staff sat down and came up with its annual list, naming Highland Copper's effort to resume copper mining in the western Upper Peninusla. as the fifth-place story of the year.
By RICHARD JENKINS
Those wanting to see the return of copper mining to the western Upper Peninsula were excited to hear the news of Highland Copper's efforts to develop mines in the region - including Gogebic and Ontonagon counties.
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