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Aspirus Iron River nurse Calkins recognized with DAISY Award

IRON RIVER — Aspirus Iron River Hospital and Clinics recently honored registered nurse Heather Calkins with the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses, recognizing her commitment and patient-centered approach to care. The award is part of the DAISY Foundation’s program to recognize the ...

Blank joins RE/MAX North Country

CRYSTAL FALLS — Jordyn Blank has joined RE/MAX North Country as a new sales associate. She also will be licensed assistant to Danelle Dove, broker owner of RE/MAX North Country. Blank was born and raised in the Crystal Falls area. She has a background in mortgage lending and public ...

Automakers hit ‘significant storm’ as buyers reject lofty price tags

DETROIT (AP) — Investors are punishing automakers’ stocks this week after second-quarter earnings reports exposed industrywide issues of slowing sales and high prices, just as the companies are having to spend huge sums to make new electric and gas vehicles. Each auto company has unique ...

Market’s losses worst since 2022

NEW YORK (AP) — A wipeout on Wednesday sent U.S. stock indexes to their worst losses since 2022 after profit reports from Tesla and Alphabet helped suck momentum from Wall Street’s frenzy around artificial-intelligence technology. The S&P 500 tumbled 2.3% for its fifth drop in the last ...

US files details of Boeing’s deal

The Justice Department submitted an agreement with Boeing on Wednesday in which the aerospace giant will plead guilty to a fraud charge for misleading U.S. regulators who approved the 737 Max jetliner before two of the planes crashed, killing 346 people. The detailed plea agreement was filed ...

CrowdStrike CEO called to testify

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. House leaders are calling on CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to testify to Congress about the cybersecurity company's role in sparking the widespread tech outage that grounded flights, knocked banks and hospital systems offline and affected services around the ...