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HURLEY – The Iron County Memorial Day ATV/UTV Rally got underway yesterday and runs through the weekend. “Light Up the North” will be the theme for the LARGEST ATV/UTV PARADE tonight. Light up your wheeler and join the fun! PARADE LINE UP AT 6PM.  PARADE DOWN SILVER ST AT 7PM

IRONWOOD – Construction for the Downtown Ironwood Sewer Lining Project is scheduled to continue today and tomorrow on Aurora Street between Suffolk St and Lowell St and in Lowell St between Aurora and McLeod in downtown Ironwood. Both blocks will be shut down throughout the day in order to prepare the roadway for paving.  Paving […]

IRONWOOD – The Ironwood City Commission Holds Public Meeting on Water Treatment Plant Project. A representative of the engineering company handling the city’s proposed water treatment plant gave a report during the public comment segment of the Ironwood Commission earlier in the week. Jeff Sjoquist of Coleman Engineering addressed the status of funding for the […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Some state lawmakers are looking to loosen child labor laws, even as the federal government cracks down on surging violations. In at least 10 states, legislators have proposed letting children work longer hours and in more hazardous occupations as a fix for labor shortages. They also say parents have the right […]

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A state audit faults the Wisconsin Department of Health Services for how it awarded grants and ventilators to health care providers during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency’s leader, in her response, defended the awards, emphasizing that the money and ventilators were handed out during a public health emergency […]

WASHBURN, WI- The Washburn Chamber is hosting the first-ever Pothole Potluck Picnic on Tuesday, May 30. The event will be held at Memorial Park Campground Pavilion. The purpose of the event is to bring the community together over a meal and to discuss upcoming construction on Bayfield Street. The chamber wants the community to have […]

LAND O LAKES – Drowning Victim recovered in a Vilas County Lake near Land O Lakes. A body was recovered from Black Oak Lake in Vilas County yesterday morning. A boater had seen someone without a life jacket sinking below an overturned canoe in the midafternoon on Monday, called emergency crews and a search was […]

EAGLE RIVER – 22 people were displaced yesterday morning as a result of an apartment fire in Eagle River. The fire was reported just after 4am yesterday on E. Pine St.  Half the building was initially reported to have been damaged due to the fire but there are no injuries.  Residents are being assisted by […]

LAC DU FLAMBEAU – Public Forum to Be Held In Lac du Flambeau Tomorrow Night. Tomorrow night, the public will have a chance to weigh in on the situation between the town of Lac du Flambeau and the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians. TheLakelandTimes reports town chairman Matt Gaulke says the […]

ASHLAND – A new scholarship will be helping first responders in training. The Oujiri Family Memorial Scholarship is founded by local retired physician Dr. John Oujiri in memory of his wife Beth. Memorial Medical Center is working with the family to help distribute the funds to continue educational programs. Scholarships in 2023 will be used […]