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National Drug Take Back Day on Saturday

The Michigan State Police is once again taking part in a national initiative that encourages residents to dispose of expired, unused and unwanted prescription pills. All of MSP’s 31 posts will participate in National Prescription Drug Take Back Day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. That includes the MSP Iron Mountain post, 1916 N. Stephenson Ave. on the city’s North Side. This is one of two annual events held in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration and other police agencies, MSP advises in a news release. “Safely disposing of unused and expired medications is ...

AI investors will demand a return sooner or later

It’s too soon to call what happened last week to artificial intelligence stocks a correction. Call it instead a reminder: Hype about new technologies is an inevitable human temptation, and sometimes it pays off, but eventually investors demand returns on capital. That’s the way to think about the disconcerting market swings of recent days. Many tech shares have taken a dive, sometimes by large percentages. That has dragged down the NASDAQ and the S&P 500 index, which has come to be dominated by those companies. Our advice is to go for a relaxing walk this weekend instead of checking ...

Forest Products Week highlights benefits the forests provide

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources joins the nation in celebrating Forest Products Week, which extends through Saturday. Wisconsin’s forests cover nearly 17 million acres of public and private forested land – about half of the state’s land. Many of those forests provide raw material to the forest products industry. Forest Products Week recognizes the people who work in and care for our forests, the industry workers who make the forest products we depend on and the many ways forest products contribute to Wisconsin’s economy and quality of life. “From paper ...