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No Daily News on Labor Day

IRON MOUNTAIN — With no mail delivery on the Labor Day holiday, The Daily News will not publish a newspaper Monday. Monday’s comics page, with the crossword puzzle and horoscope, is on page A6 of today’s paper. Daily News offices will be closed Monday. Tuesday will have a newspaper as usual, and staff will be available starting at 8 a.m.

Michigan reading scores drop again

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) Michigan third grade reading scores continued to slide in the state's most recent standardized tests this year, even as schools begin to implement ...

Repeat at the fair

NORWAY — Different year, same result. For the second consecutive year, Mason Cayemberg and Chase Moraska found themselves on top of the Dickinson County Fair youth livestock market show Friday. Cayemberg, 10, captured grand champion honors with American Made, his 1,516-pound Angus-cross ...

Hope 2 Help event aims to promote hope, healing, suicide prevention

NORWAY — Communities throughout Dickinson and Iron counties will come together Sunday, Sept. 13, for an important cause at the ninth-annual Hope 2 Help Suicide Awareness Event and Walk. The event brings people together to remember lives lost, support those who are struggling and promote ...

Stocks drop, Treasury yields rise

U.S. stocks fell and Treasury yields rose Friday after the government reported that employers unexpectedly added 162,000 jobs last month, a development that could increase chances that the U.S. central bank will raise interest rates later this month. The S&P 500 fell 0.4%, though it managed to eke out a modest gain for the week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5%, and the Nasdaq composite gave back 0.3%. Wall Street expects the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates before the year ends in an effort to cool inflation, which has been running hot due to rising oil prices ...

Hiring burst puts focus back on inflation

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. labor market bounced back in August as employers added a surprising 162,000 jobs, ending a summer of lackluster hiring with a bang. The unemployment rate remained at a low 4.1%. Hiring far exceeded the 65,000 jobs that forecasters had expected, according to ...