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Navy Street saga continues

HANCOCK — Hancock City Council held a closed session during its regular meeting Wednesday. However, some residents raised concerns about the session's legality and whether or not the council followed proper procedure to hold a…

Keweenaw zoning issues

MOHAWK – The Keweenaw County Board of Commissioners heard from residents and non-residents alike on the question of zoning at…

Getting involved

CALUMET — Representatives from the Pure Michigan Byway Program, Keweenaw Heartlands, the Keweenaw Outdoor Recreation Coalition and Brockway Mountain Drive…

The check's on the way

COPPER HARBOR – The Nature Conservancy (TNC) will deliver a check for $1,937,000 to Grant Township today, completing the commercial…

Calumet standoff ends peacefully

CALUMET TOWNSHIP — An armed standoff lasting several hours Tuesday ended with one person taken into custody. On Wednesday, 40-year-old…

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Dear Annie

Dear Annie: My husband has recently become obsessed with Twitter. He spends hours a…

Did/will you travel on a vacation this summer?
Yes 36%
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Letters to the Editor

Letters to the editor

Hats off to Tapiola First Responders I would like to thank the First Responders of the Tapiola area for saving my life. I live on Bear Lake Road in Tapiola, and they responded to my home after I called 911. Unfortunately, the medication I was taking caused my tongue to swell so badly that…

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In our opinion: A Gazette Editorial

Labor Day is often regarded as the unofficial end of summer, one last long weekend — a final trip to the camp or a backyard gathering. But the holiday also gives us an opportunity to pause and remember what Labor Day is really about — honoring the American worker. Our communities do not run…

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Victor Chartier

HOUGHTON — Victor Chartier, 96, a resident of Houghton, passed away Tuesday, September 15, 2026, at Garden View Memory Care in Calumet, Mi where he had resided since November. He was born on June 4, 1930, in Lake Linden, MI, a son of the late Adelore & Bertha (Pelland) Chartier. Victor was a graduate…