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Wall Street rises to records after unemployment rate improves

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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks hit records Friday following a mixed report on the U.S. job market, one that may delay another cut to interest rates by the Federal Reserve but does not slam the door on it. The S&P 500 climbed 0.6% and topped its prior all-time high set earlier in the ...

Trump brushes off early posting of confidential jobs figures

Business

WASHINGTON (AP) — In an unusual move, President Donald Trump posted a graph Thursday night on social media that reflected jobs data from December that weren't supposed to be released until the Labor Department issued the monthly employment report Friday morning at 8:30 a.m. eastern. The ...

MSP district honors three with Employee of the Year Awards

Local News

MARQUETTE — The Michigan State Police Eighth District, which encompasses the Upper Peninsula, has chosen the winners of the district’s 2025 Employee of the Year Awards. The awards honor members who show strong character, dedicated service and a positive impact on the communities they ...

IM plans to go forward with curbside recycling

Local News

IRON MOUNTAIN — A mandatory curbside recycling program may be implemented in Iron Mountain later this year, carrying a cost roughly estimated at $7 per household per month. Beginning this year, Michigan’s benchmark recycling standards require that 90% of single-family dwellings in urban ...