11/13/2025

IRONWOOD - Ironwood's 2025 Jack Frost Festival will begin with the Depot Park Christmas Tree-lighting Ceremony a week from today on Thursday, November 20th at 6:00 p.m., and run until the Norrie Club's "Light Up The Night" event on Saturday, January 31st, 2026.  Entry in the Jack Frost Festival of Lights Parade is open to all--you do not have to be an Ironwood Chamber of Commerce member to enter. The 2025 Parade will be on Saturday, December 6th, at 6:00 p.m. on downtown Ironwood's Aurora Street.  Entry forms can be picked up at the Chamber office in the Ironwood Depot or can be found online.  We have a link on our website and on the WUPM Facebook Page.  https://ironwoodchamber.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Jack-Frost-2025-Parade-Registration-Form.pdf Again this year the Ironwood Chamber will be having its $10,000 Jack Frost Festival Raffle with $10K in 9 cash prizes, and only 200 tickets sold.  Each ticket costs $100 and can be purchased at the Chamber Depot Office or through individual ticket sellers.  The drawing will be on Saturday, December 6th.

11/13/2025

IRONWOOD - Ironwood Area Schools posting on their official Facebook page that they have elected to disable comments on their Facebook posts to help maintain a respectful and focused online environment.  The school district says that they welcome open communication and that can be done by calling the school’s main office.

11/13/2025

ONEIDA COUNTY - The Oneida County Board of Adjustment approved a second conditional use permit for Minocqua Brewing Company owner Kirk Bangstad last night, reversing a planning committee's denial that called the application a "carbon copy" of his revoked permit. Bangstad's attorney, Fred Melms, argued past non-compliance issues were resolved, but county attorney David Jones and a resident cited persistent violations. The BOA unanimously approved the CUP, conditioned on an eight-foot fence being installed on the property's south and west sides before the May 1, 2026, opening, or risk enforcement.