7/29/2024

DOUGLAS / ASHLAND / BAYFIELD COUNTIES - Speed and alcohol are thought to be possible factors in a single vehicle crash Saturday night north of Brule in Douglas County. The Wisconsin State Patrol’s Spooner post said a car driving southbound on Highway H just south of Koho Road around 8:30 pm lost control, ran off the road and stuck a tree. When the Highway Patrol and the Douglas County Sheriff’s Office arrived at the scene, the two occupants of the vehicle, 27-year-old Ariel Lee Pierre of Ashland, the driver, and 28-year-old Bridget Rose Pierre of Bayfield, a passenger were found to be deceased. The Wisconsin State Patrol is investigating the crash.

7/29/2024

IRONWOOD - The state gas price average hit a new 2024 high on Friday but fell again slightly over the weekend.  Michigan drivers now pay an average of $3.78 for a gallon of regular gas. That price is 8 cents more than this time last month and 12 cents more than this time last year.  The national average stayed nearly steady over the past week, rising 1 cent to $3.51 per gallon.  Around the Upper Peninsula, the lowest average is in Gogebic County at $3.47 per gallon with Ironwood prices even lower at $3.33 a gallon this morning. The highest continues to be in Mackinac County, at $3.88 per gallon.

7/29/2024

GOGEBIC / ONTONAGON COUNTIES - Governor Whitmer announced almost 11 million dollars from the state’s Disaster and Emergency Contingency Fund will provide financial assistance to 17 counties across Michigan with 5.1 million dollars coming to the Upper Peninsula for Rapid Snowmelt that caused flooding damage in April of 2023.  Gogebic County will receive just over $1,13 million dollars in funding.  Ontonagon County will receive $250,000.00.  The Michigan State Police, Emergency Management, and Homeland Security Division will administer the grant funds.  The money can be applied toward costs associated with the response to a disaster or emergency, covering overtime for public employees, contracts, shelter supplies, gasoline, and repair of public buildings and roads.