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U-Haul dealer in Florence

FLORENCE, Wis. — Pat’s Foods Ace Hardware has become a U-Haul dealer for the Florence area, U-Haul Co. of Wisconsin announced. Pat’s Foods Ace Hardware, 1000 Central Ave., will offer essential services such as U-Haul trucks, trailers, towing equipment and moving supplies. Normal ...

Trump touts higher tariffs

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump suggested to business leaders Thursday that his plans to increase tariffs on foreign imports would solve seemingly unrelated challenges such as the rising cost of child care in the U.S. The GOP presidential nominee promised to lead what he called ...

In New Hampshire, Harris touts small business tax plan

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris used a campaign stop in New Hampshire on Wednesday to propose an expansion of tax incentives for small businesses, a pro-entrepreneur plan that may soften her previous calls for wealthy Americans and large corporations to pay higher ...

Dow drops more than 600 points

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks tumbled Tuesday to their worst day since an early August sell-off, as a week full of updates on the economy got off to a discouragingly weak start. The S&P 500 sank 2.1% to give back a chunk of the gains from a three-week winning streak that had carried it to ...

Great Lakes Logging and Heavy Equipment EXPO this week in Green Bay

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Wisconsin’s forestry and paper-making industries are among the largest economic drivers in the state, with combined direct, indirect, and induced economic benefits to the state’s economy of $37.1 billion. Wisconsin paper makers, including Brown County and the Fox ...

Cottages to Castles offering custom homes for 30 years

IRON RIVER — Brian Brzoznowski, owner of Cottages to Castles in Iron River, has a simple business philosophy: “I always give more than I charge for.” For nearly 30 years, Cottages to Castles has been providing custom built homes to the Upper Peninsula and northern Wisconsin. ...