1/07/2026

ESCANABA – A school bus carrying the Escanaba’s girls’ basketball team flipped on its side on M-553 last night in the central U.P..  Two girls on the bus went to a Marquette hospital just for precaution as they had some bumps and bruises otherwise there were no injuries.  The Bus hit some ice on the road before hitting the ditch and flipping over on its side.

1/07/2026

UPPER MICHIGAN - Voting rights supporters warn that a newly finalized rule from the U-S Postal Service could increase missed deadlines for mail-in ballots and other time-sensitive documents in Michigan, especially in rural communities.

 Under the change, postmarks are now applied when mail reaches a regional processing center, not when it’s dropped off locally. The policy stems from cost-cutting reforms launched in 2021, and affects mail pickup at thousands of post offices nationwide. Michael Chameides with the Rural Democracy Initiative explains why rural communities could be hit hardest.

                    0:15  "This change is going to impact about 70% of ZIP codes. People in rural communities are going to be hit twice – our mail is going to take longer to get there, then the documents that need a postmark are going to show the wrong date, and this is going to lead to a whole lot of people having their votes discounted."

The U-S-P-S says it is not changing how postmarks are applied but instead clarifying long-standing practices. It adds that customers who want a postmark matching the day they drop off mail can request a manual postmark at a local post office.

1/07/2026

IRONWOOD – A break today but more freezing rain and freezing fog expected to affect our area starting tomorrow as a weak low-pressure system pushes into the region.  The system will bring a dusting up to an inch of snow along with the potential of freezing rain to northwest Wisconsin Thursday night and early Friday. Roads may become slippery for Friday morning.  Then there is a chance for more accumulating snow on Saturday