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A family affair at Ice Cream Shoppe in Florence

FLORENCE, Wis. — With warm weather finally arriving, people’s thoughts turn to cooling off — and Danna Trudell has the answer at The Ice Cream Shoppe. Last summer was busy, even when construction on Central Avenue in Florence shut the road through town down for six weeks. With a hot ...

Executive order targets drug prices

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he'll sign an executive order today that, if implemented, could bring down the costs of some medications — reviving a failed effort from his first term on an issue he's talked up since even before becoming president. The order Trump is ...

Blue Dillo swaps trailer for IM location

IRON MOUNTAIN — After serving food out of a tiny trailer, the Blue Dillo has found a home. Missing the cuisine of their native state of Texas, owners Charli and Chris Sanders, along with Lynda Goss, started the Blue Dillo two years ago by parking the food trailer on U.S. 2 across from Home ...

Federal Reserve leaves key rate unchanged

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve kept its key interest rate unchanged Wednesday, brushing off President Donald Trump's demands to lower borrowing costs, and said that the risks of both higher unemployment and higher inflation have risen, an unusual combination that puts the central bank ...

US officials to discuss tariffs with Chinese delegation in Switzerland

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top U.S. officials are set to meet with a high-level Chinese delegation this weekend in Switzerland in the first major talks between the two nations since President Donald Trump sparked a trade war with stiff tariffs on imports. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and U.S. ...