3/16/2026

VILAS COUNTY - The 160-acre Nagel Sawmill site in Land O’Lakes will be redeveloped following a $50,000 Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) Thrive Rural Grant, secured with the Vilas County Economic Development Corporation (VCEDC)’s help. Land O’Lakes was one of ten communities awarded. The grant funds technical assistance and a market analysis, allowing for expansion of local business. Owner Dave Mattson emphasized the grant’s importance in understanding the site’s potential, honoring its history, and ensuring informed decisions for a community’s economic growth. The VCEDC and the project team will collaborate for two years.

WINTER STORM WATCH

...WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING...then a...WINTER STORM WATCH WILL GO IN EFFECT FROM LATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY EVENING...For today additional snow accumulations between 3 and 6 inches. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph. For the Winter Storm Watch, tomorrow night though Monday heavy snow will bring blizzard conditions to the area with total snow accumulations between 12 and 24 inches for Northern Wisconsin and the Western U.P. and winds as high as 40 mph. 

3/13/2026

IRONWOOD - The Gogebic-Iron County Airport Board learning this week that Denver Air Connection is proposing flight time changes again, effective May 1.  Board members tabled a vote on the matter while noting that more information is needed from the airline. The proposed flight times from Minneapolis now scheduled for a noon departure to Ironwood may change to 10:45 a.m., with arrival in Ironwood anticipated for 11:45 a.m. The flight from Ironwood to Minneapolis will not change while the Chicago flights: The 10:30 a.m. departure to Ironwood may change to 12:55 p.m., with arrival in Ironwood expected at 2:10 p.m. The departing flight from Ironwood to Chicago may change from a 1:30 p.m. to 2:40 p.m., with expected arrival in Chicago at 3:55 p.m.  The board voiced concern about the later Chicago flight time, as well as the number of changes to flight times over the past year.