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Stocks close slightly lower post-Christmas
Business News
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks closed slightly lower Friday in a quiet day of trading as investors returned from the Christmas holiday. The S&P 500 index fell 2.11 points, less than 0.1%, to close at 6,929.94, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 20.19 points, also less than 0.1%, to 48,710.97 ...
Average mortgage rate ticks down to 6.18% this week
Real Estate
WASHINGTON (AP) — The average rate on a 30-year U.S. mortgage ticked down modestly this week, remaining in the same narrow range of the past two months. The average long-term mortgage rate fell to 6.18% from 6.21% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Wednesday. A year ago, the rate ...
Judge will allow some statements in Jackson open murder trial
Local News
ESCANABA – A judge has decided that past statements made by a woman regarding an assault in February 2023 can be used in the trial of the man now accused of killing her later that year. Tavaris Jackson appeared virtually in the 47th Circuit Court of Delta County in Escanaba on Dec. 18 and ...
Winners named in Gladstone home decorating contest
Local News
GLADSTONE —The City of Gladstone and WPPI Energy have presented three parties in Gladstone with prizes for their wins in the Holiday Home Decorating Contest, which has happened on and off in Gladstone for years. Driving or walking through neighborhoods at Christmastime to admire the lights ...
Wet weather could hinder UP travel
Local News
Travel could be treacherous in the Upper Peninsula this weekend as the National Weather Service has issued a hazardous weather outlook affecting most of the region. Mixed precipitation is expected through 1 p.m. Eastern time today, with total snow and sleet accumulations generally less than an ...