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UP Builders Show returning to Superior Dome March 6-8

Local News

MARQUETTE — From March 6-8, The Builders Show will once again be held inside the Superior Dome — this year with some new additions. The show is put on by the Home Builders Association of the Upper Peninsula, which is a nonprofit trade association which supports the residential building ...

Wisconsin schools, teachers file suit seeking more funding

Local News

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A coalition of Wisconsin school districts, teachers' unions, advocacy groups, parents, students and others announced a lawsuit Tuesday against the state Legislature, alleging that it's failing to fund public schools adequately. The lawsuit, filed Monday in Eau Claire ...

Risk of war looms as US and Iran fail to reach deal

International News

GENEVA (AP) — Iran and the United States held hours of indirect negotiations Thursday over Tehran's nuclear program but walked away without a deal, leaving the danger of another Mideast war on the table as the U.S. has gathered a massive fleet of aircraft and warships in the ...

Trump’s portrayal of ‘golden age’ faces public skepticism

Business

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump sought in his first State of the Union address to sell Americans on the idea of a booming economy, falling prices, and soaring jobs, yet he faces a skeptical public with a much gloomier view. Barely 12 hours before his speech, in fact, The ...

Ready to root for ‘Some Pig’

Local News

KINGSFORD — Hundreds of excited Woodland Elementary School students paraded into the gym Tuesday afternoon to find out which book the school will be reading together. “It’s an exciting day, beginning of our annual tradition,” Elementary Principal Kristina Brazeau said in greeting ...