WASHINGTON (AP) — As part of its clean-energy agenda, the Biden administration is reviving an Energy Department program that disbursed billions of dollars in loan guarantees to companies such as electric car maker Tesla and the failed solar company Solyndra, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm ...

WASHINGTON —The FCC has voted to formally adopt a report and order that establishes the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, a $3.2 billion federal initiative to provide qualifying households discounts on their internet service bills and an opportunity to receive a discount on a computer or ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Cheryl Hamby of Iron Mountain has retired after four decades at the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center. The daughter of Theresa Guiliani, Hamby was born in Frankfurt, Germany, and raised in Iron Mountain. She graduated from Iron Mountain High School in 1980 and started at ...

IRON RIVER — For the third consecutive year, Stephen Remondini was the top-producing real estate agent with Wild Rivers Realty & Associates Inc. Remondini sold $10,171,367 in real estate during 2020, according to the Upper Peninsula Association of Realtors statistics. During the year, he ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Eden Property Collection has received a $5,000 Facade Improvement Grant from the Iron Mountain Downtown Development Authority. The downtown business used the funds for improvements to its property at 333 S. Stephenson Ave., known as the Franklin Square. The renovation ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Dickinson County Healthcare recently added urologist Dr. Charles Keoleian. Joining Nurse Practitioner Laura Kent, Keoleian and the expanded urology team will continue to see patients at the Dickinson Urology Clinic inside the Dickinson Medical Building. As part of the ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Cindi Strehlow has joined Stephens Real Estate of Iron Mountain as an associate broker. Strehlow has more than seven years of experience and has been recognized by the industry for her expertise and production. “Cindi is smart, congenial and multi-talented and I have no ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Jeff Harry has become an agent at Leeds Real Estate, 1114 Carpenter Ave. in Iron Mountain. Harry is a lifelong area resident. Born and raised in Dickinson County, he is an Iron Mountain High School graduate who lettered in football at Northern Michigan University while ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Doug Copley has become chief information security officer at Dickinson County Healthcare. Copley is a security and privacy veteran with more than 25 years of experience. His previous work includes serving as the chief information security officer at Beaumont Health and ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Legislature overwhelmingly approved a half-billion dollar tax cut Tuesday for businesses that received federal pandemic relief loans to keep employees on the payroll, a move that stands to benefit at least a handful of legislators whose businesses took the ...

FLORENCE, Wis. —A program on maple syrup techniques will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday at the Florence Natural Resource and Wild Rivers Interpretive Center. Fred Hedmark and Ernie Dagostino are vastly knowledgeable in the production of maple syrup. Hedmark’s Maple Ridge will have equipment ...

The pandemic has made everything a bit trickier — tax filing season is no exception. The whole process is starting a bit later this year and there are a few wrinkles to be aware of for those who received unemployment benefits, worked from home, took on gig work, were a victim of fraud ...

IRON MOUNTAIN — Bay College West Campus will offer a Certified Nursing Assistant training course in Iron Mountain starting Monday, May 3. This program consists of 120 hours, including a mixture of classroom lecture, laboratory and clinical training from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays, ...

IRON MOUNTAIN —Stephens Real Estate of Iron Mountain was named 2020’s Top-Selling Real Estate Company by the Upper Peninsula Association of Realtors, which ranked 19 offices and 13 firms in the greater Iron Mountain area, based on sales volume and units sold in 2020. This is the 12th ...

ESCANABA —Bay College Training and Development will offer a 24-hour training program for new miners and an eight-hour refresher program in partnership with the Mine Safety and Health Administration. The three-day new miner training covers safety and health hazards, employee rights and ...

ANTIGO, Wis. — CoVantage Credit Union will have its 68th annual membership meeting virtually beginning at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 24. For the health and safety of credit union members, the meeting will be via phone conference. To register for the meeting, go to www.covantagecu.org or call ...

IRON MOUNTAIN —Bruce Rosen has sold his printing business, The Form House Inc., to Jen Raiche of Iron Mountain as he goes into retirement. Rosen started The Form House on June 1, 1982. In 1987, he purchased the old Frigo cheese building, where the business still operates today at 100 W. F ...

FLORENCE, Wis. — The Great North Bank board of directors has designated former board chair Tom Wittkopf Sr. a director emeritus for the bank. “After 55 years of outstanding commitment to our bank and community, it’s an honor to announce Tom Wittkopf Sr. (Tom Sr.) has received this ...

Surgeon Dr. Wayne Mosley has joined the Aspirus Health orthopedic team and will see patients at and Aspirus Iron River Hospitals and Clinics and Aspirus Ironwood . A U.S. Army veteran who received the Bronze Star, Mosley earned his medical degree from the University of Kentucky College of ...

KINGSFORD — The Dance Academy has two new educators for the 2020-21 season. Alexandra Bourne from Manistee, Mich., has been hired as the ballet director. She teaches all graded ballet technique classes; pre-pointe and pointe; flexibility; pro ballet; junior dance, a combination class of ...