9/16/2024

IRONWOOD – Lower prices for gas this week on the Gogebic Range while the state average remains the same as last week.  Michigan drivers are paying an average of $3.25 per gallon for regular unleaded gas. This price is 27 cents less than this time last month and 47 cents less than this time last year. The national average is slightly lower than the state, at $3.21 per gallon.  Around Upper Michigan, the highest gas price is in Mackinac County at $3.45 per gallon. The lowest price for gas is in Ironwood at $2.90 a gallon as of this morning. 

9/16/2024

MINOCQUA - An appeal by Minocqua Brewing Company and its owner, Kirk Bangstad has been denied by a state court. Bangstad had asked the court to delay payment of two monetary judgements, totaling just under $1.1 million dollars. The judgements were levied after an Oneida County jury found Bangstad and his company guilty of defamation, awarding the Lakeland times publisher Gregg Walker what is thought to be the biggest defamation judgement in state history. The denial of appeal means Bangstad must pay the judgements, although he is expected to appeal to the state Supreme Court.

9/16/2024

TWO RIVERS, Wis. (AP) — Police say a hunter in northeastern Wisconsin has discovered the skeletal remains of a 3-year-old boy who vanished in February. Two Rivers Police Chief Benjamin Meinnert said Friday remains discovered in the town of Two Rivers are that of Elijah Vue.  Court documents say Elijah's mother, Katrina Baur, took the boy to stay at her boyfriend's home in February so her boyfriend could teach him to be a man. The boyfriend, Jesse Vang, reported the boy missing on Feb. 20. Baur and Vang have been charged with child neglect. They've both pleaded not guilty.