Author: Jesse Baroka

LAC DU FLAMBEAU – The Lac du Flambeau Town Board Responding to the Lac due Flambeau Tribe Regarding Barricades put in place trapping some residents in their homes. In the third special session meeting of the Lac du Flambeau town board midweek last week, the board gave town chairman Matt Gaulke authorization to give the […]

ONEIDA COUNTY – An Oneida County elementary school janitor who was convicted a second time of child sex crimes was Friday in Oneida County Court.  69-year-old Stavros Iliopoulos, was sentenced to 30 years in the Wisconsin State Prison (WSP).  Iliopoulos was convicted for the second time of first-degree child sexual assault, false imprisonment, and child […]

IRONWOOD – Gas prices in Michigan are down 8 cents from last week. Michigan drivers are now paying an average of $3.31 per gallon for regular unleaded. This price is 2 cents more than this time last month but still 5 cents less than this time last year.  The Most expensive gas prices in Michigan […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Gov. Tony Evers says his executive budget will include a host of proposals designed to reduce reckless driving in Wisconsin. The governor’s office announced Friday that the spending plan will mandate that judges order the use of an ignition interlock device for all drunken or intoxicated driving offenses; increase the penalty […]

MUNISING, Mich. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for an ice climber who fell into Lake Superior in Munising. Other agencies were still involved in a search from land. James Bake of Gaylord was with a friend when he fell from a cliff Tuesday at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Munising. […]

ASHLAND (AP) — Prosecutors have decided not to charge a former Wisconsin state senator who was involved in a car crash in Ashland that left a Pennsylvania woman and her 5-year-old daughter dead. Ashland County District Attorney David Meany said yesterday that there isn’t enough evidence to charge former Senate Minority Leader Janet Bewley with […]

ASHLAND – The newly hired then fired jail administrator of Ashland County appeared before the Ashland County Board to plead her case last Tuesday and says she has no idea why she was let go. According to the Daily Press, the Ashland County Corporation Counsel Max Lindsey said Kim Lavasseur was not terminated without cause […]

LAC DU FLAMBEAU – The Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) announced that a Lac du Flambeau man has been charged with 15 counts related to domestic abuse and battery.  29-year-old Frank R. Schuman, is facing charges from Oneida, Vilas and Outagamie Counties for abuse against three different people.   Court records […]

IRONWOOD – The City of Ironwood is expecting to receive $30,000 in grant aid through the Michigan State Housing Development Authority Neighborhood Enhancement Program. With that money, they will be able to fund the exterior rehabilitation of two single-family homes in the Douglas and Curry neighborhoods. Applications will be taken through February 28 with each […]

LANSING – Chaos erupted at the Michigan Capitol as Senate Republican lawmakers abruptly adjourned for the weekend while Democratic lawmakers were meeting privately yesterday.  The disagreement started when the House passed a bill that would ease taxes for low-income workers and give tax-paying Michiganders a $180 check.  When the bill moved to the Senate, Democratic […]