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Provided photo Upper Peninsula State Bank Senior Vice President Eric Lundin and Beaver's Lures Owner Caitlin Beaver. ESCANABA — Upper Peninsula State Bank, a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Indianapolis (FHLBI), recently promoted FHLBI's Elevate Grant program to local small business owner Caitlin Beaver. The bank helped her through the process of applying for and obtaining her funding. Elevate is a small business grant program that helps small businesses, their employees, and the communities they serve grow and develop. To apply, business owners must partner with a participating bank, such as Upper Peninsula…

Written by Thomas Mackintoshbbc newsApril 20, 2024, 07:21 BSTUpdated 33 minutes agoTo play this content, please enable JavaScript or try a different browservideo caption, Someone yelled 'stop' before man self-immolates – BBC reporterA man who self-immolated outside the Manhattan courthouse where former President Donald Trump's hush money trial is being held has died.Maxwell Azzarello, 37, doused himself in the liquid before throwing a conspiracy theory pamphlet into the air.The incident occurred just as jury selection for Trump's trial was completed.He was taken to hospital in critical condition on Friday and later died, the BBC's US partner CBS News confirmed.Trump was…

26 minutes agoimage source, Getty Imagesimage caption, Titicle was named the 2022 LPGA Rookie of the Year.Chevron Championship Round 2 Leaderboard-8 JH Im (Col), A Thitikul (Thar). -7 N. Korda (USA) -6 HR Ryu (Col); -Five S. Bang (Ko), W. Zhang (Cheng), M. Stark (Sweden), L. Coughlin (USA), M. Katsu (Japan).Other players: -4 J Ewart Shadoff (UK), L Wood (UK), -2 G Dryburgh (Scotland), -1 S Meadow (NI), G Hall (UK); +1 C Hull (English); +4 L Maguire (Ire)At the Chevron Championship, the first women's major tournament of the season, Thailand's Ataya Titikul and South Korea's Lim Jin-hee maintain a…

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – A Nevada education official had a two-minute time limit to defend his comments about the transgender community after calls for his resignation. During Friday's meeting of the Nevada System of Higher Education (NSHE) Board of Governors, public commenters stood up to take issue with Regent Patrick Boylan's statements. Boylan previously expressed concern about transgender athletes in sports, saying he saw footage of a female basketball player being thrown by a transgender player. Boylan said he was concerned about transgender athletes harming others, but he also asked NSHE staff, “Are there any men dressed up in our…

nadine yousifBBC News, Toronto8 hours agoimage source, Getty Imagesimage caption, Canadian police said the robbery was not just about money, but “how money turns into guns.”Arrests following a 'sensational' gold robbery shed light on the illegal gun trade between the US and Canada. A year ago, thousands of gold bars worth CAD 20 million ($14.5 million, £11.6 million) were stolen from Toronto's airport in Canada.Police later said the money was sold as cash to buy guns in the United States.Officials say the suspects were planning to smuggle guns into Canada, which has strict gun laws, and sell them on the…

Today is Bitcoin halving! Today, Bitcoin is experiencing its fourth block reward halving, which is a significant event in Bitcoin's history. Each halving reduces the reward for mining a new Bitcoin block by half, impacting the supply of this digital currency. This time, the reward will drop from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC per block. Volatility before halving Before BTCHalving2024, Bitcoin had some ups and downs. The price fell to $59,685, but then rebounded above $65,000. Geopolitical tensions, such as the situation in Israel and Iran, add to this volatility and show how global events can affect Bitcoin's value. Unlike…

Sign up for Roisin O'Connor's free weekly newsletter and hear all the inside tracks on music nowListen to this email for free nowTaylor Swift's latest studio album tortured poet section It dropped today, leaving fans both elated and confused.Many fans expected the album to be heavily influenced by her six-year relationship with British actor Joe Alwyn. But to everyone's surprise, it was revealed that Swift's song was actually about her brief affair with 1975 frontman Matti Healy.News of Swift and Alwyn's breakup was first reported in April 2023. After first reporting that they were dating in 2014, the first rumors…

Garrett Neese/Daily Mining Gazette Leo Islib, business development manager for the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, spoke to Houghton County business owners during a community information session in Houghton on Friday. HOUGHTON — At a presentation Friday, Houghton County business owners heard about the recently opened Small Business Administration disaster loan program and other programs to help businesses stay open after an unusually warm winter. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation and the Michigan Small Business Development Center hosted Friday's information session, which was held at the Lakeshore Center. The loan program was expanded to Houghton County earlier…

Spore Store grows and sells table and health mushrooms, and products are sold both online and at the Medina Farmers Market. MEDINA, Ohio — Meet Leland Gordon, owner of The Spore Store. He is hard at work bagging substrate for crops. You see, Leland grows mushrooms. “It's mainly lion's mane, cordyceps, oyster mushrooms, things of that nature,” he says. Gordon's love of fungi began at a young age. “I grew up mostly hunting mushrooms, including morels, with my father and grandfather,” he says. And after abandoning his career as a chef, he immersed himself in the world of mushrooms and…

Pennsylvania College of Technology recently joined the National Alliance on Mental Illness to host a panel discussion on suicide prevention and mental health for students and staff. The event was part of the university's week-long suicide prevention awareness campaign, known as . “Yellow It Out” “This is a joint effort by Penn College and NAMI to bring together community and university professionals for broader discussions about various aspects of services for people with mental health problems. It was a gathering.” Mary R. Shuma Rudberg, director of counseling at Penn College, explains: “The panel provided keen insight…