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Registering Huskies

Registering Huskies

HOUGHTON — Students, faculty and staff from the Michigan Tech Voter Engagement Coalition were spread out across campus Tuesday in hopes of getting Huskies registered to vote and to inform them on how to be…

Sentences in Circuit Court

HOUGHTON — Three sentences were handed down in 12th Circuit Court Monday by Judge Brittany Bulleit. 23-year old Houghton resident…

Aviation trailblazer

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly 1,000 miles from Michigan's Upper Peninsula, a local museum curator stumbled upon a piece of Delta…

Standoff in Calumet

CALUMET — An armed standoff in Calumet Tuesday morning ended with one subject taken into custody with no apparent injuries.…

Circuit court sentencings

HOUGHTON — Sentences were handed down by Judge Brittany Bulleit in 12th Circuit Court Wednesday in connection with a stolen…

Kempainen murder trail delayed

HOUGHTON — Margaret Kempainen will not stand trial on Nov. 16 as originally scheduled.The 53-year-old Wisconsin woman is charged with…

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Registering Huskies

Registering Huskies

HOUGHTON — Students, faculty and staff from the Michigan Tech Voter Engagement Coalition were…

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Dear Annie

Dear Annie: I have two sisters, and one of them, "Joanie," tragically passed away…

Did/will you travel on a vacation this summer?
Yes 36%
No 64%
94 votes total — voting closed

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…

Editorial

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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Obituaries

Mark Pikkarainen

ROGERS, MN — Mark Roy Pikkarainen, age 65 of Rogers, Minnesota passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on September 10, 2026 following a courageous battle with kidney cancer. Mark was born along with his twin brother David in Hancock, Michigan to Roy and Janet Pikkarainen on April 23rd, 1961. He married the love…