CHICAGO (AP) — After trade negotiations crumbled at the eleventh hour, U.S. President Donald Trump’s 50% tariffs on scores of Canadian imports kicked in Saturday. The new levies are expected to affect about 5% of Canada’s annual exports to the U.S., roughly $20 billion in goods ranging ...
A measles outbreak in the southwestern corner of Wisconsin continues to grow. As of Friday, the state Department of Health Services has identified 41 confirmed and 7 probable cases across Iowa, Lafayette and Grant counties. All but one of the people infected with measles in Wisconsin this ...
ST. IGNACE — The Mackinac Straits Corridor Authority will meet from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Eastern time Friday at Little Bear East Arena and Community Center, 275 Marquette St., St. Ignace. The state agency is tasked with overseeing construction, maintenance and operation of a proposed utility tunnel beneath the Straits of Mackinac. A copy of the full agenda will be available at the MSCA website. The meeting will be available to watch live on YouTube. If built, the tunnel will house a replacement segment for the Enbridge Energy Line 5 light oil and natural gas liquids pipelines that ...
Breitung Township Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. today in the media center at Kingsford High School. The agenda includes an enrollment update and the Iron Mountain-Kingsford Community Schools consortium agreement. For more, go to https://www.kingsford.org/63692. Breitung Township Board will meet at 6:30 p.m. today at the Township Hall in Quinnesec. For more, go to https://www.breitungtownshipmi.gov/township. Iron Mountain Downtown Development Authority will have an events meeting at noon Tuesday and a business development meeting at noon Thursday, both at Contrast Coffee, 1202 ...
MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula Construction Council celebrated the graduation of its fifth Building Trades Summer Camp class Aug. 5, honoring students who spent five weeks gaining hands-on experience, developing career skills and exploring opportunities in the union construction trades. “This camp gives students something they can’t get from a brochure or a presentation — the chance to actually do the work,” UPCC Executive Director Mike Smith said. “They spend five weeks learning directly from skilled tradespeople, visiting real job sites and seeing the opportunities ...
Michigan’s initiative to offer free pre-kindergarten for all is paying off, state educators said Wednesday, as the Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement and Potential, also known as MiLEAP, touted nearly 53,000 applications on file since June. Emily Laidlaw, MiLEAP’s deputy director, said during a virtual news conference that the figure had grown by 700 applications in one month and by 16% compared with the same time last year, when applications totaled more than 45,000 children. “Our children’s futures are the most important thing we can invest in, and we’re proud of ...
