WASHINGTON — All 50 states have applied for the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program in Republicans’ “big, beautiful” law, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said Thursday. States had from Sept. 15 through Wednesday to apply for the program, which was authorized ...

NIAGARA, Wis. — A man died Wednesday afternoon after crashing his truck into a garbage truck on Main Street while fleeing from a Niagara Police officer. The officer had attempted to do a traffic stop about 1:11 p.m. Central time Wednesday when the other driver took off at high speed and ...

POWERS — North Central Area Schools gained voter approval Tuesday for a $10.3 million bond issue to help the district consolidate its two school buildings into one “efficient, modern campus.” The new building would have upgraded classrooms, security, playgrounds and technology. Cost ...

ESCANABA — A proposal to use funds from a 1965 city utility sale to pay debts to Escanaba’s retirement plan fell short in Tuesday's vote. Only 825 voters, or 50.93%, said "yes" to the proposal, which required three-fifths approval to remove the 60-year-old restrictions on how certain ...

GLADSTONE — Incumbents Joe Thompson and Steve O’Driscoll, along with newcomer Whitney Maloney, were elected Tuesday to the Gladstone City Commission. Left out in the four-candidate race for three seats was Mike O’Connor. The three will serve four-year terms alongside commissioners Judy ...

CARNEY — Residents of Gourley and Nadeau townships in Menominee County voted Tuesday against Carney-Nadeau Public Schools’ operating millage proposal. The proposal would have allowed the school district to levy the statutory rate of non-homestead properties at a maximum rate of 18 mills. ...