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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. …

Today – the sixth day of the ninth month – is 906 day. Yoopers will celebrate the telephone area code that has become one of the best-known identifiers of the Upper Peninsula. The 906 area code was installed on March 19th, 1961, and is the largest area code in Michigan. …

Families will have an opportunity to see where fruits and vegetables come from Sunday, during the third annual Farm Tour Keweenaw. The tour is organized by the Keweenaw Co-op and the Portage Lake District Library. It’s self-guided, and features nine growers, spread out from Rice Lake almost to Misery Bay. …

Many Michigan Tech students will be heading to Chassell Centennial Park for the annual K-Day celebration this afternoon. K-Day is designed to be both a fun afternoon, and an opportunity for students to meet representatives from student organizations. As many as 4,000 students are expected to enjoy food, music and …

A state audit has found problems in the management of the Michigan Office of the Great Lakes. Doug Ringler The report signed by Auditor General Doug Ringler rates the overall work of the office as “moderately effective.” It reported weaknesses, though, in the way the office monitored how grant money …

Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s plan to ban flavored electronic cigarettes in Michigan has been clarified. While the initial release earlier this week said the ban would take effect immediately, that will not be the case. Instead, the state health department is preparing emergency rules that will prohibit the sale of flavored …

Michigan Tech has released the logo for Winter Carnival 2020. The theme is “Discover What Shines from Prehistoric Times.” Winter Carnival will take place between February 5th and 8th.

The Calumet Players will celebrate their 40th anniversary with a production of the classic musical Oklahoma! this weekend and next. Oklahoma! was the first musical written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. It includes such legendary songs as “Surrey with the Fringe on Top,” “I Cain’t Say No,” “Oh, …

Work continues to repair roads damaged in last summer’s Father’s Day Flood. Construction is scheduled to start today on M-26 at Forsman Road in the Mason area. M-26 will be reduced to one lane, controlled by flaggers or temporary stoplights. Forsman Road will be closed, with a detour posted. Houghton …

Ground will be broken for the newest Copper Country Habitat for Humanity project tonight.  A home will be built at 800 Champion Street in Houghton for Nikki Kaufman and her family. Much of the work will be performed by volunteers, including Kaufman herself. The goal is to have the exterior …