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Canada strikes back at US with retaliatory tariffs

TORONTO (AP) — Canada struck back at the United States on Tuesday with retaliatory tariffs on about $20 billion worth of American goods, including steel, dairy products, appliances and farm equipment, as the trade war between the once-friendly neighbors escalated sharply. The confrontation ...

DNR Service Center counters, call center closed today, Thursday 

MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources reminds the public that counter service at all DNR service centers, the DNR statewide call center and email service will be unavailable today and Thursday. All DNR Customer and Outreach Services staff will be attending training for continued customer service excellence, including important program-specific training. The training dates were selected because they coincide with the lowest license sales and phone call volume during that time of the year. The DNR Tipline, Emergency Spills line and Wisconsin Emergency ...

Where things stand in Michigan’s Line 5 saga

(This story was originally published by Bridge Michigan, a nonprofit and nonpartisan news organization. Visit the newsroom online: bridgemi.com.) More than a decade into Michigan’s debate about Enbridge Energy’s Line 5, the question of how to keep oil from spilling out of the aging ...

Low vaccination rates driving measles outbreak in southwest Wisconsin

A measles outbreak in the southwestern corner of Wisconsin continues to grow. As of Friday, the state Department of Health Services has identified 41 confirmed and 7 probable cases across Iowa, Lafayette and Grant counties. All but one of the people infected with measles in Wisconsin this ...

Goodwill store reopens in IM

IRON MOUNTAIN — If Wednesday’s grand re-opening was any indication, the Goodwill store in Iron Mountain will bring a much-needed shopping option to the area. “(Wednesday) was an amazing day. The sales were ... we did about a week’s worth of projected sales in a day,” manager ...

Study: Lake sturgeon may live more than 400 years

Lake sturgeon: the living fossils. They’ve earned this moniker not only because they first appeared in the fossil record at least 100 million years ago or because their bony scutes give them a dino-like appearance, but because of their long lives. According to previous research, lake ...