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Rural mental health topic of Wellness Wednesday

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IRON RIVER — The Iron Area Health Foundation and Aspirus Healthcare Iron River collaboratively sponsored a Wellness Wednesday presentation at the Aspirus Iron River Hospital on Jan. 21. The topic for the presentation was "Rural Mental Health" provided by presenters Dr. Lisa Pangrazzi, ...

Average mortgage rate ticks higher, holds near 3-year low

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The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate edged up for the second week in a row, but remains just above its lowest level in more than three years. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate rose to 6.1% from 6.09% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. One year ago, the rate ...

Wall Street ends near where it began after sharp swings

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NEW YORK (AP) — A day of dramatic swings on Wall Street, including Microsoft's worst drop in years and a sudden reversal for the price of gold, finished with only relatively modest moves Thursday. The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% after flirting with its record high in the morning and dropping ...

Starbucks plans hundreds of new stores across US

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NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks said Thursday that it plans to open hundreds of new stores across the U.S. and add seating capacity at thousands of existing locations, doubling down on a strategy of emphasizing the company's cafes as community hubs even as consumer demand for drive-thru coffee ...

Michigan sees record cougar reports in 2025

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(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Cougars were detected 31 times in Michigan in 2025, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. That’s the highest number of ...

Bohnak questions Michigan’s priorities for rural health funds

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State Rep. Karl Bohnak, R-Deerton, on Wednesday joined Upper Peninsula health officials in raising concerns about a proposal from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services that he says forces sparsely populated counties to compete with Michigan’s biggest counties for federal ...