1/19/2026

VILAS COUNTY - The World Championship Snowmobile Derby over weekend in Eagle River. The event saw over 340 racers, with 12 reaching yesterday’s final.

WINTER STORM WARNING

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM EST /6 AM CST/ THIS MORNING TO 1 PM EST /NOON CST/ SATURDAY...Moderate to heavy snow expected. Total snow accumulations between 3 and 11 inches. Highest amounts expected across the higher terrain west of a line from Ironwood to White Pine, and from Mass City to Painesdale.  4 and 9 inches for northern Iron County, 1 and 3 inches for Southern Iron County.  Cold air moves in Sunday with highs barely above 0 for much of next week. 

1/16/2026

IRONWOOD - Nurses at Aspirus Ironwood have voted to ratify a new union contract at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital.  In a press release yesterday Aspirus says Ironwood nurses voted on Jan. 14 to approve the contract which takes effect immediately and runs through July 19, 2028.  The agreement maintains the wage structure, which rewards nurses’ experience and guarantees annual raises for all. It includes an increase in on-call and night shifts, a cap on how much nurses pay for health insurance, and it improved the language around employer disclosure of workplace violence incidents.  The new contract doesn’t include Aspirus reopening the OB unit in Ironwood, but the Michigan Nurses Association union says they will continue to fight to bring it back.