President Trump sticks with tariffs ahead of midterms

October 12, 2026

NEW YORK (AP) — Maybe President Donald Trump really does believe that "tariff" is the most beautiful word in the dictionary. Despite higher prices, criticism from trade experts and displeasure among voters, Trump holds fast…

El-Sayed's candidacy takes on significance beyond Michigan

PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) — Abdul El-Sayed, holding a handheld mic and wearing his signature V-neck black shirt, slowly shook…

Indigenous Peoples Day observed along with Columbus Day

Indigenous Peoples Day has been recognized for decades in different forms and under a variety of names to celebrate Native…

Six senators call for Trump administration to 'immediately reverse course' on Russian diesel plan

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of six senators on Sunday called for President Donald Trump's administration to "immediately reverse…

Ready for the big time

AURORA, Wis. — For 12-year-old Zoe Arnold, a longtime dream is about to become a reality. The Niagara Middle School…

Sheriff: Florence school ‘swatted’ with bomb, active shooter threat

FLORENCE, Wis. — Authorities had to evacuate the Florence County middle/high school building Friday after a bomb and active shooter…

Lifestyles

You can slow the process of brain aging

NIAGARA, Wis. — For the past two columns I have discussed the topic of…

Huotari presents historical program on John Buell at Golden K meeting

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Packers take some revenge on Bears with 31-7 rout

GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Jordan Love and the Green Bay Packers wanted to…

Bears-Packers game features tributes to Mike Ditka on the field and in the stands

Turang homers, bullpen delivers as Brewers beat Dodgers 2-1

Lions romp with 45-21 win over the Cardinals

Business

Six senators call for Trump administration to 'immediately reverse course' on Russian diesel plan

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan group of six senators on Sunday called for President…

Trump strikes deal with Putin on diesel weeks before midterms

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Opinion

Almanac for Oct. 12, 2026

Monday, Oct. 12, is the 285th day of 2026. There will be 80 days left in the year. Today in history: In 2002, bombs blamed on al-Qaida-linked militants destroyed two nightclubs on the Indonesian island of Bali, killing 202 people, many of them foreign tourists. Also on this date: In 1492, Christopher Columbus’s first…

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