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Events to honor woman killed in fire, raise funds for family

He figures his mother tried to save the pets. Two dogs, Ripley and Finn, and Max the cat. His mother adored their animals. Bryce Salo had gone to bed early, about 9 p.m., the night of April 21, he said. He was upstairs, his parents still downstairs. He woke after 11 p.m. to screaming. ...

Dickinson to end more road weight restrictions

IRON MOUNTAIN — The Dickinson County Road Commission will lift seasonal weight restrictions on county roads south of M-69 East, Carbis Road, Bush Lake Road, Kramer Road, Sunset Road and Johnson Lane (West), beginning at 6 a.m. Central time Monday. The DCRC lifted restrictions on county ...

Gas prices drag on economy, but partly offset by tax refunds, AI boom

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are paying for the war in Iran with every visit to the gas station, but some of the damage to the U.S. economy is being offset — for now anyway — by big tax refunds and an investment boom driven by artificial intelligence. Prices rose at the fastest pace in ...

Experts warn of ‘big year’ for tick bites, Lyme disease

Some Wisconsin health professionals are bracing for a bad year for Lyme disease, as tick activity was already higher in April than at the same time last year. In much of the nation, emergency room visits for tick bites are at their highest weekly rate for this time of year since 2017, ...

Man charged with possessing meth lab chemicals in MSU building

AST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State University scrambled to relocate some final exams after police said they discovered a man inside the school's largest academic building with household substances that could be used to make methamphetamine. The 31-year-old man was charged Wednesday ...