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The U.S. economy is expected to grow at its highest rate in a decade, according to economists at the University of Michigan. Gabriel Ehrlich, a U of M economist, says the nation’s overall economic output growth will rise 2.4 percent in 2016 and 2.9 percent in 2017. He says the …

Microbeads would be banned from hygiene products by the end of 2019 under federal legislation advancing in the U.S. House. The measure, co-sponsored by Michigan Congressman Fred Upton, R-St. Joseph, passed a House committee this week. The tiny beads, which are meant to go down the drain of your sink, …

A manufacturing company in Ahmeek has a long road ahead of them. And that’s good news because they produce a fiber reinforced polymer rebar used in the construction of roads. Neuvokas Corporation developed a specialized process for producing GATORBAR, a product that costs no more to produce than traditional steel …

The Copper County Intermediate School District will be hiring a Literacy Coach to meet new requirements being set by the state. At their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, the Board held a lengthy discussion concerning the Michigan Department of Education Early Literacy funding that is available to all ISD’s in …

Upgrades, Grants and a cemetery were the topics at Wednesday night’s Hancock City Council Meeting. The council approved an application to a MSHDA grant that would provide much needed rehab to apartments at 101 Quincy Street. A recent MSHDA grant saw improvements to 9 apartments attached to other historic downtown …

Aspirus is among the first in the country to implement a new heart stent technology that promotes faster healing and promises fewer complications. Doctors are now treating patients at Aspirus Heart & Vascular at Aspirus Wausau Hospital with a newly approved SYNERGY Coronary Stent, a highly anticipated new technology to treat …

Thursday is the Great American Smokeout Day. This was created as an effort to get more people to stop smoking and using tobacco products. According to the American Cancer Society, 42-million Americans still smoke as of 2013, helping to make tobacco use the single largest preventable cause of disease and …

Consumers Energy business and residential customers in Michigan have been scammed to the tune of more than $81,000, according to the Michigan State Police and the utility. The utility says there has been more than one-thousand attempts by criminals to con small business owners into making payments they believe are …

A lot of Michiganders will be heading home for the holidays next week, the most in eight years according to a new survey from AAA Michigan. AAA projects more than 1.5 million Michiganders will journey 50 miles or more from home this Thanksgiving, which is nearly 1 percent more than …

The jobless rate in Michigan held steady during October, at five percent. The Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget says total employment rose by 9,000 last month. The number of unemployed rose by 3,000. The state’s unemployment rate is 1.6 percent below its year-ago level of 6.6 percent. The national jobless …