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Gasoline prices basically held steady in our area last week. The average price in AAA Michigan’s Marquette metro area is $2.65 per gallon. That’s a penny less than it was a week ago, a dime less than a month ago, and 30 cents less than a year ago. Prices on …

This year’s K-Day at Chassell Centennial Park on Friday has been judged to be a big success. MTU Director of Student Leadership and Involvement Jessie Stapleton said turnout was better than expected on a crisp afternoon… Turnout from campus organizations was extraordinary… That’s out of a possible 244. The only …

This is Campus Bike Week at Michigan Tech, with events scheduled to encourage biking in and around the university. Students can register bikes between 11:00 and 1:00 today on the Walker Lawn. Registration helps public safety officials reunite bikes with owners if the bikes are stolen or lost. There will …

The Keweenaw Bay Indian Community has decided not to proceed with the purchase of a marijuana growing facility in Marquette County. KBIC voters recently approved a request from the Tribal Council to invest up to four million dollars in the medical marijuana business. The Tribe’s initial target was Fresh Coast …

Updated to include identity and result of arraignment. A 29-year-old Laurium man faces arraignment today after leading police on a chase late Friday night. A Houghton County Sheriff’s deputy tried to pull the Jordan Michael Gervais over on U-S 41 in Calumet Township. Gervais allegedly took off… and raced through …

An escaped fugitive was arrested in Baraga County Friday. Jeremy Ross Marjamaa cut his tether and ran from custody in Chippewa County July 8th. On Friday, police received a tip that Marjamaa was traveling along US-41 from Marquette toward Calumet. He was pulled over in Baraga County, and ran into …

Registration closes tomorrow for the lottery that will distribute tickets for the upcoming Kraft Hockeyville USA game at the Colosseum. You can sign up at the Colosseum today from 4:00 until 8:00, and tomorrow from noon until 4:00. Bring photo ID, and additional confirmation of where you live – such …

The federal government is kicking in some more money to help with road repairs following last spring’s Father’s Day Flood. $8.8 million dollars has been designated to pay for repairs of federal aid highways in Houghton, Gogebic and Menominee Counties. “Federal aid highways” are defined as main roads that carry …

Three Copper Country residents will have pictures they took added to State Representative Greg Markkanen’s office wall in Lansing, after they were named winners in his summer photo contest. The champions include Ann Pihlija of Mass City, for a photo of the Old Wainola Church in Ontonagon County; Mary Kaminski …

Operations at the Eagle Mine will be extended at least through 2025. The Mineral Resource and Reserve Estimates released by Lundin Mining yesterday indicate that there will be more nickel and copper available in the Eagle East area than was originally thought. The Eagle East deposit was identified in 2016. …