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LSSU selects graduating student speaker
Local News
SAULT STE. MARIE — Alana Jewel Miller-Schofield, a dedicated fisheries researcher and conservation advocate, has been selected as the graduating student speaker for Lake Superior State University’s commencement ceremony Saturday, May 2. A tribal member of the Keweenaw Bay Indian ...
UPCC accepting applicants for building trades summer camp
Local News
MARQUETTE — The Upper Peninsula Construction Council, in partnership with UP Michigan Works! and local education agencies, ISDs and RESAs, is now accepting applications for the 2026 Building Trades Summer Camp. This five-week, hands-on program introduces high school students to careers in ...
Wisconsin judges dismiss suit to redraw congressional maps
Local News
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A three-judge panel in Wisconsin on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit brought by Democratic voters that sought to redraw the battleground state's Republican-friendly congressional boundary lines ahead of the November midterm election. The decision can be appealed to the ...
Report: Employers added 178,000 jobs in March
Business
WASHINGTON (AP) — American employers added a surprisingly strong 178,000 new jobs last month, rebounding from a dismal February. And the unemployment rate dipped to 4.3%. The Labor Department reported Friday that hiring marked a turnaround from the loss of 133,000 jobs in February. The ...
Pope Leo XIV carries cross for full Good Friday procession
International News
ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV lifted a wooden cross and held it aloft from his waist at the start of the 14 stations of the Way of the Cross at the Colosseum on his first Good Friday as pontiff, marking the first time in decades that a pope has set out to carry the cross to every station. "I ...