Economy

The U.S. Coast Guard at Sault Ste. Marie said the end of the shipping seasons usually means launching more icebreaking missions. However, roughly 5% of the Great Lakes is currently covered with ice.

The bill would allow the new Soo Locks project to seek funding to fill the $3.2 billion financial gap left from inflation and supply chain disruptions.

The program focuses on people with developmental disabilities and is the first of its kind in the region.

The company's CEO Michael Garcia said in a call with investors that a variety of factors have played in Algoma's second quarter losses.

The 45 west and southwest Michigan purchasing managers surveyed by the Institute for Supply Management Research in August suggests a mixed bag of economic indicators is providing a murky outlook.

A new survey from The U.S. Department of Agriculture and Michigan State University Extension indicate that not all of Michigan's 83 counties in 2022 have been experiencing major price hikes in the cost of renting farmland. Over the past two years, farmland ownership sales have hit record highs across Michigan and the nation.

MARQUETTE, MI— Upper Peninsula leaders told Governor Gretchen Whitmer what they need from the state’s new Office of Rural Development at a roundtable at NMU Wednesday.Housing and childcare continue to be the biggest obstacles to drawing people to less populated regions. Whitmer noted there’s still money on the table after the latest budget was passed, and input from rural areas on how those dollars should be employed is critical.

New state data shows Michigan's unemployment rate remains 4.3% for the third month in a row.

As wedding season hits its peak, some local floral shops are having to adjust their arrangements amid supply chain uncertainty and conflicts in South America.

A variety of factors are contributing to the drop in traffic through the Soo Locks in Sault St. Marie.