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Canada and US close to trade deal to avoid tariffs

WASHINGTON (AP) — Canada and the United States moved closer Wednesday to finalizing a trade agreement that would avert threatened 50% U.S. tariffs, with a senior Canadian official calling the emerging terms “a very good deal for Canada” while cautioning that negotiations were not ...

M&M Foundation opens annual grant cycle Aug. 28

MENOMINEE — Local nonprofits, schools, government agencies and churches have until midnight Sept. 28 to apply for grants through the M&M Area Community Foundation’s annual fall cycle, which opens Aug. 28. Ten funds will accept applications this year, spanning priorities from youth ...

Remember when?

NIAGARA, Wis. — This week’s “Remember When?” — provided by the Niagara Area Historical Museum — continues the “Life Behind the Mill” series, looking back at the families who made their homes along the Menominee River in the early days of Niagara. While John Stoveken Sr. had ...

Flock tightens safeguards as surveillance questions grow

Flock Safety is tightening privacy and oversight controls for its nationwide network of automated license plate readers as more communities pull back from the technology and lawmakers across the political spectrum push for new restrictions. The company announced Thursday it will recommend ...

Nearly $1 million conservation easement approved in Vilas County

Michael A. Uihlein is a man of his word. For more than 70 years, his family has owned about 1,250 acres of forest land in northern Wisconsin. The 90-year-old Cedarburg resident said his parents were staunch conservationists, and they wanted to keep their property in Vilas County from being ...

Measles outbreak grows in southwest Wisconsin

A report early last week of a couple of measles cases in southwest Wisconsin has turned into an outbreak, with 13 more confirmed cases and six probable cases of the viral illness, the state health department reported Thursday. The outbreak in Iowa and Lafayette counties highlights the ...