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1 week ago | wincountry.com | Nora Eckert |Kalea Hall |Elisa Anzolin

By Nora Eckert, Kalea Hall and Elisa Anzolin(Reuters) -The ripple effects of Donald Trump’s global trade war are increasingly being felt across numerous industries all at once and on Wednesday were once again exerting pressure on U.S. stock markets that have been roiled for weeks by his erratic trade policies. Stocks fell broadly, with tech stocks hit particularly hard after bellwethers like Nvidia that are highly tied into the world’s supply chain warned of hits to their bottom line.

1 week ago | wincountry.com | Michael Arney

LANSING, MI (WKZO AM/FM) –  There are now Michigan 4-H license plates available in the state. The plates cost 35-dollars for the first year and an extra ten-dollars a year afterward. The money will benefit 4-H through the Michigan State University Extension. MSU Extension director Quentin Tyler says they are “elated that the Michigan 4-H license plate is officially here” and adds they hope “many members” of the 4-H community consider adding the plate to their vehicle.

1 week ago | wincountry.com | Kanishka Singh

By Kanishka SinghWASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned leaders of Mexican cartel La Nueva Familia Michoacana on Tuesday while the State Department announced reward offers of up to $8 million for information that could lead to their arrests. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control sanctioned four people affiliated with the drug cartel, which the U.S. designates as a “foreign terrorist organization,” the department said in a statement.

1 week ago | wincountry.com | Ken Delaney

HILLSDALE, MI (WTVB) – Downtown redevelopment projects in Hillsdale and Albion are getting the go-ahead, thanks to Revitalization and Placemaking program grants through the state. The rehabilitation of vacant buildings in in those two cities will create commercial space and 11 total housing units. Together, the projects will generate a total capital investment of over $4.27 million in their downtown areas.

2 weeks ago | wincountry.com | Rollo Ross |Danielle Broadway

By Rollo Ross and Danielle BroadwayLOS ANGELES (Reuters) -For producer, actor, writer and composer Tom Basden, the British comedy film “The Ballad of Wallis Island” leans into the complexities of relationships rather than high-risk action scenes or life-threatening situations. “There were never going to be massive stakes, murders, and car chases kind of thing, but I think we sort of knew tonally the kind of film we wanted it to be,” he told Reuters.