Portage County Legal News

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Q: What's the 7% rule in stocks? -- T.L., Anchorage, Alaska
A: It's a rule addressing when to sell; it says you should sell out of a stock if it dips by 7% or so below your purchase price. So if you bought shares of Old MacDonald Farms (ticker: EIEIO) at $100, and they dropped to $93, you'd sell all of them. This can happen auto ... (full story)

To get that perfect ear of corn, weather has to cooperate. But climate change is making it dicier

PAW PAW, Mich. (AP) — Robb Rynd and his brother grew up farming and wanted to do more of it outside their day jobs, so they went in together on what's now a little over 200 acres of corn, soybeans, wheat and sorghum. Last year was a good year, and Rynd said he enjoyed walking the fields with his kids to see how the corn was do ... (full story)

Trump turns $11.1B in US government funds into a 10% stake in downtrodden Intel

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump recently announced the U.S. government has secured a 10% stake in struggling Silicon Valley pioneer Intel in a deal that was completed just a couple weeks after he was depicting the company's CEO as a conflicted leader unfit for the job.
"The United States of America now fully ... (full story)

Local

Rural women are at a higher risk of violence − and less likely to get help

(THE CONVERSATION) I have been teaching a course on rural criminology since 2014, and most of my students are surprised by the information on violence against women presented to them.
Due to the lack of media attention to rural areas, my students come to class with the impression that all countrysides and small towns are safer t ... (full story)

From public confession to private penance: How Catholic confession has evolved

(THE CONVERSATION) The 1953 Alfred Hitchcock film "I Confess," based on an earlier play, features a priest suspected of murder. He's innocent, and has even heard the murderer's confession – but cannot clear his own name.
The Catholic sacrament of reconciliation, also known as penance or confession, has been a com ... (full story)

State

Apply safety rules to more trains carrying flammable cargo, lawmakers urge

When a BNSF freight train carrying six cars of liquefied petroleum gas derailed near Manuelito, New Mexico, in 2024, the resulting fire shut down more than 100 miles of an interstate highway.
The train carried enough flammable material to send a column of fire and black smoke high into the thin, dry air — but not enough to ... (full story)

Supreme Court rejects challenge to property maintenance law

The Supreme Court of Ohio rejected a challenge to a property maintenance law that claimed it was “unconstitutionally vague.”
In a unanimous opinion, the Supreme Court affirmed the decision of the Sixth District Court of Appeals, which found a city of Huron law prescribing cleanliness and safety standards for properti ... (full story)