1/27/2026

UPPER MICHIGAN - The oldest medalist in Olympic snowboarding history is heading to his fifth Winter Olympics. Iron River native Nick Baumgartner, 44, earned a gold medal at age 40 in the mixed team snowboard cross event with Lindsey Jacobellis. He first competed in the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.  Remarkably, he became a snowboard cross champion and reached the X Games in 2011, after just two years of taking up the sport. He attributes his enduring success to learning to "outwork everyone." Baumgartner describes snowboard cross as "the perfect mix of my two favorite sports, football and snowboarding.  The Milano Cortina Olympics are scheduled to begin on February 6th in Italy.

1/26/2026

MONTREAL- Fire crews from both Montreal and Hurley fighting a fire at a building believed to be owned by Ross Peterson Construction on Spring Camp Road in Montreal last night.  No other information is available at this time.  Beacon Ambulance was also on scene.

1/26/2026

WAKEFIELD – Fire crews from Wakefield concluded emergency response operations over the weekend at the scene of a building fire in Wakefield.  That fire started during the overnight hours in Wakefield Friday in temperatures of 25 below zero.  Fire crews were on scene until Saturday afternoon.  The main street of Wakefield is now reopened; however, it could be icy.  Fire crews expect that the remnants of that building fire will smolder for the next several days.  Nobody was injured in that fire; fire crews think the fire started in the attic of the building.