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Mortgage rates brush 7%, putting further strain on housing market

Home shoppers holding out for relief from rising mortgage rates may be in for a long wait. The weekly average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate home loan has been rising for months and this week climbed to just below 7% — its highest level in more than 19 months. The benchmark 30-year fixed ...

Stocks rally to their best day in six weeks

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.S. stock market rallied to its best day in six weeks Thursday after falling oil prices and easing pressure from the bond market helped Wall Street reverse many of its moves from the prior day. The S&P 500 jumped 1.1% for just its second rise in the last nine days. The ...

Camp Bird Youth Center to host appreciation day

CRIVITZ, Wis. — The Friends of Camp Bird invite the public to celebrate one of Marinette County’s most historic parks at the upcoming Camp Bird Appreciation Day on Saturday. The event will be from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Camp Bird Youth Center, N8395 Caldron Falls Road in ...

IM games shop draws crowd for 30th-anniversary Pokemon cards

IRON MOUNTAIN — A few dozen people began lining up about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday outside the Bored Bard Games on Ludington Avenue for the 30th-anniversary Pokemon card set release. “It’s exciting. It’s a big turnout for the 30th anniversary of Pokemon,” owner Erik Wilson said. ...

Man charged after standoff in Calumet ends peacefully

CALUMET TOWNSHIP — One person was arrested after an armed standoff in Calumet Township that lasted roughly seven hours Tuesday. Andrey Vladimirovich Petrov, 40, was charged Wednesday in Houghton County 97th District Court with assaulting a police officer, resisting/obstructing. He is ...