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State House passes bill to lift Lower Peninsula deer baiting ban

Local News

The Michigan House has advanced a bill that would allow deer baiting in the Lower Peninsula. Baiting — putting out piles of food to attract deer for hunting — has been banned in the Lower Peninsula since 2018. State wildlife regulators enacted the ban with the goal of preventing the ...

Wall Street hit by falling tech stocks and bitcoin plunge

Business

NEW YORK (AP) — Sharp drops hit Wall Street on Thursday as technology stocks fell and bitcoin plunged again to roughly half its record price set last fall. Several discouraging reports on the U.S. job market also knocked down yields in the bond market. The S&P 500 fell 1.2% for its ...

Free Chili in the Woods event on Saturday

Local News

FLORENCE, Wis. — The Chili in the Woods snowshoeing event will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Keyes Peak Chickadee Trails. If there is not enough snow to snowshoe, participants can hike the trails instead. The 1.5-mile Chickadee Trail connects to the new 3.92-mile mountain bike ...

US, Russia agree to reestablish military dialogue

International News

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.S. and Russia agreed Thursday to reestablish high-level military dialogue for the first time in more than four years in another sign of warming relations between the two countries since President Donald Trump returned to office and sought to end the war in ...

Average mortgage rate barely budges, holding near 6%

Business

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate barely budged this week, staying close to 6% as the spring home-buying season nears. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate edged up to 6.11%, essentially flat compared with last week when it was 6.1%, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. ...