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Responsible recycling

HOUGHTON — Superior Watershed Partnership and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) hosted an e-waste collection event at Michigan Technological University Friday. Printers, TVs, media players, computers, phones and tablets were…

Isle Royale fire contained

ISLE ROYALE NATIONAL PARK — The Red Rocks Fire has been 100% contained, the Isle Royale National Park reported on…

Responsible recycling

HOUGHTON — Superior Watershed Partnership and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) hosted an e-waste collection…

Meth suspect pleads

HOUGHTON — A 26-year old Houghton County man pleaded no contest Monday to possession of methamphetamine and maintaining a drug…

Breaking in down

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP – During Wednesday’s Industry Day meeting, Houghton County Sheriff Josh Saaranen spoke on modern jail standards and security…

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In brief

In brief

AHMEEK — The Keweenaw ATV club is holding its annual picnic at 2 p.m.…

Credit Union cookout Friday HOUGHTON — Breakwater Federal Credit Union will host its Annual Member Appreciation…

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Scholarship winners

Scholarship winners

The Copper Country Oldtimers Hockey announced the winners of the “Hockey is Life Scholarship.”…

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Dear Annie

Dear Annie: I sit here writing to you starting another week much like the…

What's your favorite Summer activity

Letters to the Editor

Letters to the editor

World Chimpanzee Day Editor: World Chimpanzee Day is (was) July 14, and future generations will look back in denunciation at how we’ve allowed our closest non-human kin to be torn from their mothers, thrown into cages, experimented on, infected with diseases, locked in roadside zoos, and forced to perform. Dr. Jane Goodall and other…

Editorial

The meaning of the Fourth of July

Each July 4, Americans both at home and abroad, gather to celebrate. Under skies ablaze with fireworks, on streets lined with youngsters waiting for candy from passing floats or simply standing with family in front of grills smelling of seared burgers and hot dogs, we celebrate. We celebrate and remember the formation of a…

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Obituaries

Gino Gemignani, Jr.

GREEN BAY — Gino Gemignani Jr., age 86, passed away on July 14, 2026, in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Formerly of Hancock, Michigan, he began his career working for his parents at Gino’s Restaurant, eventually taking ownership with his brother, then later owning and operating Conways Foods. Gino later spent time in California and Florida…