ARMSTRONG CREEK, Wis. — The 35th-annual Polish Heritage Day, which boasts “non-stop polka music” and other nods to the community’s roots, is set for today at the public park in Armstrong Creek. The event starts with a Polish Mass at 11 a.m. at St. Stanislaus Kostka Catholic Church, ...
(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer this week signed a new law to bar large private investors from buying single-family homes in Michigan if they ...
CRYSTAL FALLS — A touring theater group Thursday brought to life creatures from the time of the dinosaurs in a fun, interactive, fact-filled show at the Crystal Falls Community District Library. Bright Star Touring Theatre members presented “Dino Academy: A Dino Discovery Adventure,” ...
IRON MOUNTAIN — The Upper Peninsula’s not seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell to 5.2% in June, down from 5.9% in May and 6.1% a year ago, according to data released by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. DTMB reported a civilian labor force of 132,600 in the U.P. in June with 6,900 unemployed. That compared with 7,900 jobless in a workforce of 132,800 in May. Over the year, the size of the region’s labor force was down by 10,300 while the number of jobless fell by 1,900. That reflected a statewide trend as the size of Michigan’s labor force ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal health officials on Friday expanded the scope of their investigation into an outbreak of a diarrhea-causing parasite to four additional states, broadening the size of the largest U.S. outbreak of cyclospora. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said ...
IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — Saudi Arabia struck the port city of Hodeida in Yemen, the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen said in a statement in response to Iranian-backed Houthi rebel attacks on Saudi shipping. The Houthis said the group would escalate after tensions have been brewing for weeks, ...
