COLD WEATHER ADVISORY

...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 9 AM CST SATURDAY... Wind chills may warm into the negative teens during the day Saturday, but more overnight wind chills in the negative 30s are expected Saturday night into Sunday.

12/12/2025

ASHLAND - Ashland school officials are demanding transparency regarding property tax funding for private school vouchers, arguing those public funds are benefiting private institutions. Superintendent Rob Prater stated that approximately $870,000 (11% of Ashland’s $7.8 million levy) funds vouchers for about 7% of its students. Leaders want the public to understand the program’s impact, especially after a recent operating referendum passed. The district pays over $13,000 per voucher student—a cost projected to rise by nearly $70,000 in 2026—money that could benefit public schools. Ashland residents will receive a tax insert detailing their property taxes funding private school vouchers, a transparency effort also underway in Washburn and Superior.

12/12/2025

BESSEMER TOWNSHIP – Dennis P. Aspinwall has been appointed as the new supervisor of Bessemer Township.  After interviewing three applicants, the township’s Board of Trustees voted him in unanimously, with all members present, Aspinwall will be sworn in on Dec. 19 replacing Jeffery Randall, who is retiring.  Aspinwall beating out David Zazeski and Tom Novascone for the job.