The town of La Pointe on Madeline Island has petitioned the Wisconsin Department of Revenue to no longer allow Ashland County to collect property taxes for law enforcement services the county doesn’t provide any longer. According to Northern News Now, for almost 3 decades, Ashland County has paid LaPointe to handle patrol and dispatch services. … Read more
The Ironwood Area Board of Education trustees at their meeting on Monday night voted to call a special election on May 2nd in order to borrow more than $16 million to build an addition to the Luther L. Wright K-12 School and make other improvements to the school. The resulting mill levy would amount to … Read more
Infill drilling has begun at the copper mining project near the old White Pine Mine in Ontonagon County. Highland Copper officials say that the site may contain upwards of 5 billion pounds of copper. Infill drill or core drilling helps determine how much copper may be available. Highland Copper also has the Copperwood project, just … Read more
An Ironwood man has been arraigned on drugs and weapons charges. Deantra Tawayne Harris, also known as King Wayne Harris was arrested after warrants were executed on Harris’ vehicle and home, where officers found Ecstacy and weapons. Harris was out on bail from Milwaukee County in Wisconsin with 1st degree reckless endangerment and dui, when … Read more
Country music fans…the lineup for the Concert in the Corn in Mason, Bayfield County, Wisconsin on August 25th & 26th has been announced. According to the DailyPress, headlining the third annual event is Grammy Award winning, multi-platinum selling country star Trace Adkins, along with Eddie Mongomery of Montgomery Gentry and Eddie’s brother John Michael Montgomery. … Read more
A case that was adjourned, declared a mistrial and then retried over the past three and a half years has been dismissed by a judge. The DailyPress reports former pastor Tony Lashbrook in 2018 was charged with sexual assault and enticement of a child. At the time, Lashbrook was a local school bus driver and … Read more
Snowmobilers are out in force as of late and there are some riders who are threating access by going off trail, violating one of the biggest rules of snowmobiling…stay on marked trails. Vilas County parks and recreation supervisor Todd Bierman says they are seeing that rule broken often. He says that their trails aren’t marketed … Read more
The Upper Peninsula Perinatal Quality Collaborative in Gogebic and Ontonagon as well as Baraga, Houghton and Keweenaw counties will share in a $50,000 grant through the Advancing Maternal Health Equity program. The grant is funded by Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation. The grant program is … Read more
The Vilas County Forestry, Recreation and Land Committee could start charging visitors a fee for using county lands, like public parks and boat landings. According to WXPR, the county asks for donations, but the cost of upkeep on facilities continues to rise. The county is debating using either machines or signs with QR codes to … Read more
For the first time, Bayfield and Ashland residents can take advantage of a grant that will help them make any number of types of repairs or improvements to their homes. According to the DailyPress, a $75,000 Housing Preservation Grant from the U.S.D.A. will be administered by the Wild Rivers Habitat for Humanity will be given … Read more