‘Brutal’ economy lingers Economists: State will keep losing jobs in 2010
ANN ARBOR — Michigan’s economy will improve in 2010, but only in comparison to what has been ‘‘one of the most brutal years in a generation,’’ University of Michigan economists said Friday. Economist George Fulton expects next year will be ‘‘difficult,’’ with job losses continuing and the unemployment rate, — 15.1 percent in October and an expected 15.6 percent this quarter — rising to an average of 15.8 percent in 2010. But he says 2011 will see modest job gains, although unemployment will drop only to an average of 15.4 percent. He expects job losses to bottom out in summer 2011. Although Michigan is now home to a vastly smaller auto industry, Fulton said the state’s fortunes remained tied to the domestic automakers. But that’s not all bad, he said.
» Full StoryFired up
MARQUETTE — The saunas at Northern Michigan University are still cookin’.
Several weeks ago, NMU officials announced they were going to close the saunas at the Physical Education Instructional Facility Dec.
Partisan candidates named in township election
MARQUETTE — Partisan candidates have been designated for a February special election in Marquette Township who will run to fill out the unexpired terms of the township board clerk and two trustees.
» Full StoryPhelps kids collect care packages for overseas troops
ISHPEMING — Kids at the C.L. Phelps Middle School in Ishpeming may be surrounded by friends and family for the holidays, but they’re all doing their part to make sure troops overseas get their share of the celebration.
» Full StoryAsian carp may have breached electronic barrier
TRAVERSE CITY — Asian carp may have breached an electronic barrier designed to prevent the giant invaders from upsetting the ecosystem in the Great Lakes and jeopardizing a $7 billion sport fishery, officials said Friday.
» Full StoryAkkala set to retire in January
MARQUETTE — Marquette City Manager Judy Akkala announced her retirement this morning.
She will remain as city manager until Jan. 15.
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