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Kingsford rehab center expanded

KINGSFORD — Marshfield Medical Center-Dickinson Kingsford Rehab Center, a partner with UP Rehabilitative Services, marked its expansion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Tuesday conducted by the Dickinson Area Chamber of Commerce. Organizational leaders, rehab team members, community ...

MDARD has rural grant opportunity

LANSING — Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is offering a competitive grant program to promote the sustainability of land-based industries and support infrastructure benefiting rural communities in Michigan. “Our rural communities are a fundamental part of ...

Nominations being taken for the 2024 Operation Action UP Excellence Awards

MARQUETTE — Operation Action U.P. is now accepting nominations for the 2024 Excellence Awards. These awards recognize up to four outstanding for-profit businesses that have made significant contributions to the economic well-being of the Upper Peninsula. The deadline to nominate a ...

Chicken farmers struggle to feed flocks after closure of processor

Dozens of farmers in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin are scrambling to feed their flocks after a struggling organic broiler chicken producer abruptly closed a year after getting a $39 million federal loan. Pure Prairie Poultry shuttered its Charles City, Iowa, plant after filing for bankruptcy ...

Small business disaster loan program needs more funding from Congress

NEW YORK (AP) — The Small Business Administration has run out of money for the disaster assistance loans it offers small businesses, homeowners and renters, delaying much needed relief for people applying for aid in the wake of the destruction caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. The SBA ...

Boeing forced into layoffs

Boeing plans to lay off about 10% of its workers in the coming months, about 17,000 people, as it continues to lose money and tries to deal with a strike that is crippling production of the company’s best-selling airline planes. New CEO Kelly Ortberg told staff in a memo Friday that the job ...