11/10/2025

N. WISCONSIN - The St. Croix Chippewa Tribe, in partnership with the Wisconsin DNR, released 400 lake sturgeon fingerlings into Clam Lake. The conservation effort, funded by the tribe’s $1 million hatchery expansion, aims to restore the culturally significant species. Tribal Chairman Conrad St. John emphasized the importance of this restoration for future generations. The tribe hopes for an 80% survival rate and has committed to a two-decade repopulation effort, as female sturgeon take 20 years to mature. Lake sturgeon are long-lived-up to 150 years, can grow up to seven feet, and are vital for clean water and biodiversity. Indigenous communities and environmental advocates are collaborating to protect this threatened species.

11/10/2025

UPPER MICHIGAN – Today is the 50^th anniversary of the singing of the Edmund Fitzgerald.  The Great Lakes carrier was sailing from Superior, Wisconsin, to Detroit with a load of iron ore pellets when it sank during a severe storm on Nov. 10, 1975. All 29 men aboard were killed.

11/07/2025

IRONWOOD - Unionized nurses at Aspirus Ironwood Hospital telling their RN bargaining team to call a strike after a unanimous vote.  This after contract negotiations with Aspirus fell apart more than a month ago.  The Local Michigan Nurses Association (MNA) representatives at Ironwood say strike authorization was done "in pursuit of a fair contract and in protest of the employer's unfair labor practices." Sarah Trudgeon, RN and president of the local MNA union at the hospital says they remain ready and willing to bargain in good faith to reach a new contract with Aspirus with the goal to reach an agreement that supports Ironwood nurses so they can recruit and retain skilled nurses the Ironwood community needs. Nurses would need to give Aspirus a 10 days' notice prior to any strike activities.