A North Dickinson County High School alumnus now in downstate Michigan was among the 50 finalists for the 2026 Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence, which honors outstanding public school skilled trade teachers nationwide. Jeff Rittenhouse is the building trades ...
IRON RIVER/LAURIUM — Dr. Robert Blotter has joined the Aspirus orthopedic care team, providing services at Aspirus Iron River Hospital and Clinics in Iron River and Aspirus Keweenaw Hospital and Clinics in Laurium in the Upper Peninsula. Before pursuing his orthopedic training, Blotter was ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Group of Seven wealthy democracies said Friday that they plan to release 100 million barrels of oil and fuel products in the coming weeks, starting with “substantial” amounts of diesel after the fuel recently hit record high prices in the United States. President ...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks climbed near their all-time high on Friday after the latest update on the U.S. job market cooled worries that a potentially hot U.S economy could make inflation much worse. The S&P 500 rose 0.7% and pulled within 1% of its record set in August. The Dow Jones ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate jumped this week to its highest level in nearly three years. The benchmark 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 7.28% from 7.03% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday, the biggest leap in four years. A year ago, the ...
