News Staff Wisconsin’s archery and crossbow deer hunting season is opening early this year, in fact, it starts tomorrow, Saturday. The gun-deer season will also open later this year, which means archery season will be one week longer. That means warmer-than-average temperatures for the start of the season, which will make tracking animals tougher, but it also … Read more
Wisconsin’s archery and crossbow deer hunting season is opening early this year, in fact, it starts tomorrow, Saturday. The gun-deer season will also open later this year, which means archery season will be one week longer. That means warmer-than-average temperatures for the start of the season, which will make tracking animals tougher, but it also … Read more
An Ironwood man has been sentenced for possession of a stolen firearm in the Western District Court of Michigan. Robert Lee Reynolds, of Spartanburg, S.C., and Ironwood was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for possession of a firearm that he stole from someone in Ironwood. In May of last year, law enforcement learned … Read more
This weekend is Ironwood’s 21st annual Fall Clean-Up Day. Friday and Saturday, residents can dispose of any unwanted items. Dumpsters will be placed behind the Ironwood Public Safety Building and will be available 8 am to 2 pm on Friday and 8 am to 11 am on Saturday. One truckload per family will be accepted, … Read more
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources has announced that the Fortune Lake boating access site in Bewabic State Park along the Iron County Heritage Trail system will be next week, from Monday through Friday, the 16th through the 20th, for work that includes asphalt sealcoating and restriping. The launch is the only public boat access … Read more
Train fans get ready, the inaugural Railroad Day Celebration hosted by the Gladstone Michigan Soo Line Steam Engine #730 Authority is this Friday at the Antique Village at the U.P. State Fairgrounds in Escanaba. The event coincides with the Soo Line Historical & Technical Society’s annual convention, which is returning to the U.P. for the … Read more
At a special meeting of the Vilas County Board of Supervisors, it was decided that the 167 acres of land owned by the county and leased to the Landfill Venture Group in Cloverland will not be sold. According to TheLakelandTimes, the Landfill Venture Group or LVG is a group of 13 towns in Vilas County … Read more
Train fans get ready, the inaugural Railroad Day Celebration hosted by the Gladstone Michigan Soo Line Steam Engine #730 Authority is this Friday at the Antique Village at the U.P. State Fairgrounds in Escanaba. The event coincides with the Soo Line Historical & Technical Society’s annual convention, which is returning to the U.P. for the … Read more
The Gogebic County Road Commission reports that starting tomorrow, Wednesday, Airport Road between Skyway Lane and Lake Road in Ironwood will be closed to through traffic to allow construction crews to begin work of replacing a number of culverts between the intersections. The work is expected to to take just under two weeks. The detour … Read more
Downtown Eagle River has received some special recognition…the Historic District has been placed on the State Register of Historic Place. Eagle River started out as a lumber town but then transitioned to accommodating summer tourists who sought out the area. The district is centered along South Railroad Street and East Wall Street, which was established … Read more