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Average mortgage rate edges higher but still near 3-year low

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The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate ticked higher this week, but remains near its lowest level in more than three years. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate rose to 6.09% from 6.06% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. One year ago, the rate averaged ...

Prices ticked up in November, a key inflation measure shows

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve's preferred inflation gauge ticked up in November in the latest sign that prices remain stubbornly elevated, while consumers spent at a healthy pace. Consumer prices rose 2.8% in November from a year earlier, the Commerce Department said Thursday, up ...

Run IM awards thousands to Cancer Loan Closet, Airlifeline

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IRON MOUNTAIN — Run Iron Mountain is once again giving back thousands of dollars to two local charities. The Dickinson County Cancer Unit Loan Closet and Northwoods Airlifeline each were awarded $9,860.25. “For me, this event is about community,” Run Iron Mountain Board Vice President ...

Schools cancel Friday classes throughout region

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IRON MOUNTAIN — All schools in Dickinson and Iron counties — as well as North Central in Menominee County and the Wisconsin school districts of Niagara, Florence, Beecher-Dunbar-Pembine and Goodman-Armstrong Creek — will be closed Friday, most due to the extreme cold. A couple of local ...