An ORV Safety Education/Certification Course is being offered this Thursday. In Michigan, ORV operators under 16 riding on public or private land are required to pass an approved ORV Safety course and carry their ORV Certificate at all times when riding. Wisconsin residents, the Certificate from Michigan is applicable. An ORV Safety Certificate is required … Read more
Preparations have been underway for this year’s Festival Ironwood. Rain or shine, the festival is the biggest in the western U.P. The festival kicks off today and will continue through Saturday. Depot Park is the main site of each days festivities, with food, live music, events for the kids and other activities like motorcycle rides, … Read more
An Iron County man has added the insanity plea to his defense for a murder in Alabama. Caleb Anderson went on a three state crime spree last August, sexually assaulting an 18 year old woman in Iron County, then traveling to Green Bay Wisconsin where he killed Patrick Ernst, then fleeing to Alabama, where he … Read more
Vilas County is a lot of thing to a lot of people and now its one of the best places to monitor the bat population of the county. According to WXPR, A high school project by a student has resulted in some of the biggest volume of information on the various species of bats in … Read more
A new contract with a paving company will hopefully end the difficulties anyone who drives on Sixth Street West in Ashland is encountering. According to TheAshlandDailyPress, roadwork has taken a year to begin, after a lawsuit filed by the city with the company who did the initial rebuild settled. However, the money the city needed … Read more
A new contract with a paving company will hopefully end the difficulties anyone who drives on Sixth Street West in Ashland is encountering. According to TheAshlandDailyPress, roadwork has taken a year to begin, after a lawsuit filed by the city with the company who did the initial rebuild settled. However, the money the city needed … Read more
An emergency application to block the Michigan Parole Board’s decision to release an offender from the Saginaw Correctional Facility has been filed by the state’s attorney general in the case of 70 year old Paul Gaulthier, of Ontonagon, who is serving a 30 year to life sentence. The timing of the filing to release Gaulthier … Read more
A woman that walked away from her home in Ontonagon with her cat has been located. UpNorthLive reports Michigan State troopers and county Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched late Wednesday evening after it was discovered the 79 year old woman was missing. After an extensive search, the woman, who has dementia, was found safe with her … Read more
Tomorrow,residents are invited to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Memorial Building in Ironwood. TheDailyGlobe says a large group photo is scheduled to be taken in front of the building, recreating the photo taken at the dedication of the building in 1923. The photo is scheduled for 5:35 . Before that, tours of the building … Read more
Work on the new water treatment plan in Ironwood is expected to move forward, now that a bid for phase 1 of the project has been awarded. TheDailyGlobe reports the bid for just over $9.5 million has been given to C.D. Smith Construction during a special meeting of the city commission at the end of … Read more