11/07/2025

N. WISCONSIN / U.P.  – Our First taste of winter this weekend.  Temperatures will fall through the day today changing rain into snow up to an inch of lake effect snowfall is possible along the Northerly and Northwest Snow belts of Northern Wisconsin and the Western U.P. this afternoon into tonight.  Right now, there is a 60 to 90 percent chance for at least 2 more inches of lake effect snowfall over portions of Iron, Ashland Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties Saturday evening into Sunday night. Heaviest lake effect snowfall rates are most likely to be on Sunday morning.

11/06/2025

GOGEBIC COUNTY - A new state initiative is working to improve early childhood teacher pay.  MiLEAP and the Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District have launched what they call the Early Childhood Educator Wage Initiative. With GOISD as the trustee, $16 million will go toward providing teachers of Michigan’s youngest students with monthly stipends.  The wages initiative will run through September 2027, with grantees responsible for recruiting childcare businesses and professionals in their region, distributing funds to eligible early childhood educators, collecting data for evaluation and supporting continuous quality improvement at the local level.  Currently Full-time early childhood educators in the U.P. earn between $20,000 and $30,000, which is about 31% behind their K-12 colleagues.

11/06/2025

BAYFIELD COUNTY - The Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa recently added 80 acres of vacant forest land on Sand Point Road within its reservation boundaries, aiding hunting, harvesting, and repatriation efforts. According to Chairwoman Nicole Boyd, reclaiming land provides safe access and tribal management for future generations, fulfilling members’ desire for more hunting, harvesting, and Treaty Rights. The reservation, established by treaty, now exceeds 15,000 acres, despite significant decreases by 2006. In June 2022, the tribe reclaimed all tribal land from Bayfield County and continues to seek reclamation for residential, municipal, agricultural, and commercial expansion.