9/3/2024

IRONWOOD - Despite a busy Labor Day weekend, many Michigan motorists are seeing slightly lower prices at the pump.  Gas prices in Michigan are down 4 cents from a week ago. Michigan drivers are now paying an average of $3.36 per gallon for regular unleaded. This price is 33 cents less than this time last month and 34 cents less than this time last year.  The National average sits at $3.33.  Most expensive gas price in Michigan is in Jackson and Ann Arbor at $3.47 the lowest is in Ironwood at $3.13 as of this morning. A fall in demand after the Labor Day Holiday could result in a continued fall in gas prices. 

9/3/2024

ASHLAND - Public comments submitted to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin have been considered when it comes to a proposed hike in Ashland’s city water rates. The PSC had made the decision earlier in August to raise rates by 52% over two years, but after hearing some three dozen comments from residents, decided to only raise the rate by 44.4%. So now Ashland residents can expect to see their water rates increase by 18% on the 11th and 26% in the Fall of 2025. The city has determined that the 44.4% increase will be enough to pay off the cost of replacing the city’s water intake pipe, which has been in service for over a hundred years.

9/3/2024

GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — An extreme swimmer is back in Lake Michigan trying to cross one of the Great Lakes from Michigan to Wisconsin. Jim Dreyer's effort began Monday night. This comes just a few weeks after trouble with a GPS device forced him to give up after 60 miles. The 61-year-old Dreyer entered the lake at Grand Haven, Michigan. He says the journey to Milwaukee would cover 82 miles in the water and last 72 hours or more without sleep. Dreyer crossed Lake Michigan by a different route 26 years ago in 1998.