The voting window for the Best of Mower County has opened and will stay open until July 2. In April and May, several businesses were shortlisted in each category, leaving up to five finalists for voters. Now residents can decide which local spot deserves the top honor in its field. This event
Cars cost more than you think. Gas is high, parking in the city is expensive, and traffic makes every trip stressful. In Portland, a new car can cost over $11, 500 a year. Parking downtown can reach $200 per month. Road salt and winter damage add to maintenance, and insurance is high. Pub
A recent address at Harvard Business School’s Class Day saw former Senator Mitt Romney speak to a crowd of about 4, 500 new graduates and their families. He began by saying that the true measure of a life’s wealth is found in loved ones and friends, a sentiment rooted in his Latter‑Day Saint backgro
A recent announcement revealed that Clemson University has named Kevin Guskiewicz from Michigan State as its next president. The decision came after a search that originally considered two internal candidates: Anand Gramopadhye, dean of Engineering, Computing and Applied Sciences, and Cynthia Young,
The Trump team has slowed the release of National Science Foundation money for four major universities. The pause is part of a larger effort to curb what the White House calls “woke” ideas on campuses. Because of this, projects that had already cleared the NSF review stage are now waiting for furthe
Companies are learning that old ways of planning for problems aren’t enough when AI runs most decisions. The idea is to move from “backup” plans that wait for a failure to create parallel, independent systems that keep working no matter what. Because AI workloads spread across many clouds and
The cloud‑software firm ServiceNow is still seen as pricey, even after a recent $7. 75 billion purchase of security company Armis. The deal was financed with about $4 billion in new debt, which will raise interest costs and squeeze the company’s free‑cash‑flow margins. ServiceNow aims to hit $30
A group of business leaders in Wisconsin has asked the state’s highest court to review a decision that dismissed their challenge to congressional district lines. The group, which calls itself Wisconsin Business Leaders for Democracy, claims the current map unfairly favors incumbents and limits vo
The U. S. defence chief said that Asia must spend more on its own armies to stop China from becoming too powerful in the region. He spoke at a big meeting of military leaders in Singapore, where he urged countries like Japan, South Korea and the Philippines to raise their defence budgets to about 3
The National Hospital of the Kyrgyz Republic records a striking number of stroke patients who do not survive their hospital stay. In Central Asia, where health resources are tight, the toll from strokes is one of the highest in the world. Researchers looked back at past patient records to find wh
