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Feldhausen to chair MTU’s Professional Advisory Board

HOUGHTON — Benjamin M. Feldhausen has been elected to chair the Professional Advisory Board for the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering at Michigan Technological University. The board functions autonomously to represent and support a stable mission for the ...

Field Crops Pest Management workshop set for Feb. 24 in Lena

LENA, Wis. — The University of Wisconsin Extension offices of Oconto, Marinette, Shawano and Langlade counties will offer a Field Crops Pest Management workshop from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Feb. 24 at the Lena Town Hall, 6087 Goatsville Road. The event will feature discussion from UW-Madison, ...

Trees for Tomorrow to host classes on sustainability skills

EAGLE RIVER, Wis. — Trees For Tomorrow Environmental Education Center will have two spring programs for adults seeking to learn more about leading sustainable lifestyles: maple syrup making and composting. TFT’s Sustainable Living Institute focuses on providing programs that are fun, ...

Powell: Strong hiring could force more rate hikes

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that if the U.S. job market further strengthens in the coming months or inflation readings accelerate, the Fed might have to raise its benchmark interest rate higher than it now projects. Powell’s remarks came after the ...

Retailers try to curb theft while not angering shoppers

NEW YORK (AP) — When the pandemic threat eased, Maureen Holohan was eager to scale back her online shopping and return to physical stores so she could more easily compare prices and scour ingredients on beauty and health care products for herself and her three children. But that ...

Jury: Musk didn’t defraud investors with 2018 Tesla tweets

SAN FRANCISO (AP) — A jury on Friday decided Elon Musk didn’t defraud investors with his 2018 tweets about electric automaker Tesla in a proposed deal that quickly unraveled and raised questions about whether the billionaire had misled investors. The nine-member jury reached its verdict ...