6/04/2025

LAKE SUPERIOR - Nearly 60 years after a small plane disappeared over the Great Lakes, its fate remains a mystery. Experts searching Michigan's Lake Superior last week say they didn't find any debris from a plane that crashed in 1968. A team from Michigan Technological University took to the lake by boat to get closer to 16 targets that appeared on sonar last fall. Research engineer Travis White says they found mostly trees, logs and rocks. The plane carrying three people departed from Madison, Wisconsin, to collect data from Lake Superior and was never heard from again.

AIR QUALITY ADVISORY

IRONWOOD - Air quality advisories have been extended for the U.P. of Michigan and Wisconsin through this evening. Expect continued poor air quality, especially for those with sensitivity. For more information on air quality for Michigan, go to airnow.gov. and for Wisconsin go to airquality.wi.gov

6/03/2025

UPPER MICHIGAN - DNR firefighters are continuing their work to contain a wildfire in Dickinson County in the U.P.  The fire was reported at 8:30 Sunday night and now nearly three dozen firefighters were working on the fire throughout the day, including a 20-person Hot Shot crew based in the Idaho panhandle and a Type I helicopter on loan from the U.S. Forest Service. Two firefighters from the Norway City Fire Department have also been working on the blaze.  A temporary flight restriction is in place prohibiting drone flights and private aircraft in the vicinity of the fire. No roads or recreational trails have been impacted by the fire, and there are no buildings or homes in the immediate area.  The Fire Danger in Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties in the Extreme Range.  Rain is on the way and in the forecast for the region today.