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Trump’s touted tax refunds likely to be eaten up by gas hikes

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy was supposed to start the year with a bang, fueled by an unusually large jump in tax refunds from President Donald Trump's tax cut legislation. Yet spiking gas prices are on track to eat up those refunds, leaving most Americans with little extra to ...

Local meetings set this week

Norway Township Planning Commission will meet at 5:30 p.m. today at the Township Hall in Vulcan. A discussion will take place on conditions for approval of a conditional use permit for a proposed gravel pit. Florence Town Board will meet at 6 p.m. today at the Florence Community Center, 749 ...

Donor establishes fund for K–12 music education

MENOMINEE — A new charitable fund aimed at strengthening music education for students across Marinette and Menominee counties has been established at the M&M Area Community Foundation. The Mike and Jamie Glish K–12 Music Opportunity Fund, created this month by local donor Mike Glish, ...

Unclaimed tax refunds from 2022 must be filed by April 15

WASHINGTON ― More than 1.3 million people across the nation have unclaimed refunds for tax year 2022 and face an April 15 deadline to submit their tax returns, the Internal Revenue Service advised.  The IRS estimates that about $1.2 billion in refunds remains unclaimed for taxpayers who ...

Michigan to again offer children free summer food programs

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan children will continue to benefit from free, healthy and nutritious meals during the summer months in 2026, the Michigan Department of Education announced. MDE will offer meals through two programs that are part of the Summer Food Service Program. The first is ...

Enduring Elsa: Teamwork, planning kept March blizzard from getting upper hand

Blizzard Elsa will go down in the history books, but not as a disaster so much as an example of how to weather some of the worst that winter might throw at the region. It helped that the storm arrived on a Sunday, after a sunny and clear Saturday, and by Monday had taken such hold of the ...