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US Navy cancels ships to be built in Marinette

Local News

U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is calling on the U. S. Navy to “keep commitments made” by bringing more shipbuilding to Wisconsin after the cancellation of a multi-billion dollar contract with a Marinette shipbuilder. Navy Secretary John Phelan announced in a social media video last week that ...

Parking ban OK’d near IM community center

Local News

IRON MOUNTAIN — Parking will be banned on both sides of the 300 block of West Hughitt Street to improve safety for the new Imagination Factory Community Center. A no parking order was approved Monday by Iron Mountain City Council in response to a request from Director of Police and Fire ...

Europeans accuse Putin of feigning interest in peace

International News

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine and its European allies accused Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday of feigning interest in peace efforts after five hours of talks with U.S. envoys at the Kremlin produced no breakthrough. The Russian leader "should end the bluster and the bloodshed ...

Trump proposal would weaken vehicle mileage rules

Business

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a proposal to weaken vehicle mileage rules for the auto industry, loosening regulatory pressure on automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and trucks. The plan, if finalized next year, would significantly ...

Wisconsin justices to decide if jails can hold immigrants for ICE

Local News

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A divided Wisconsin Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to take a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union on behalf of an immigrant rights group arguing that it is illegal for local jails to hold immigrant detainees at the request of federal authorities. The ...