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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 …

A Copper Country organization and a Marquette woman will be among those sharing the spotlight at the Governor’s Service Awards Ceremony tonight in Detroit. The organization is the Portage Health Foundation, which is being honored for its work in helping the Keweenaw recover from last year’s Father’s Day Flood. Through …

Updated results from the horse competitions at the Houghton County Fair have been released. See them here.

Finishing touches are being put on a massive trades training facility in Marquette. The Union Carpenters and Millwrights Skilled Training Center covers more than three-quarters of an acre. It will include areas for hands-on instruction, along with state-of-the-art classrooms. Brian Kerrigan of the Michigan Regional Council for Carpenters and Millwrights …

A meeting room in the Hancock Public Library is about to receive a dramatic update. A grant from the Hancock Public Schools Foundation will turn the room into a media lab that can be used by students, teachers, and library patrons. Phase one of the project will install a large …

Updated to show copy of Whitmer’s letter, as provided by Markkanen’s office. Copper Country K-12 students are back in class, but local educators have no idea how much state money they’ll be getting to teach them. The state still hasn’t passed a budget for the next fiscal year, and Copper …