8/17/2026

IRONWOOD - Gas prices in Michigan are up 12 cents a gallon this week, AAA says, with motorists paying an average of $4.27 a gallon for regular unleaded gasoline.   That price is 19 cents more than this time last month and $1.13 more than this time last year.  The least expensive gas prices in Michigan are in the U.P. with Marquette $4.05.  Ironwood Prices at $4.13 a gallon this morning.  Around the region Mellen $4.09, Minocqua at $4.04, Ashland $4.03, Hurley at $3.99, Mercer $3.92, Park Falls and Glidden prices the lowest we could find at $3.91. 

8/17/2026

N. WISCONSIN - The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) announced that bonus antlerless harvest authorizations for the 2026-gun deer season will be available for purchase online through the Go Wild license portal and at license sales locations starting at 10 a.m. today.  An online queuing system will be used to manage volume.  Bonus authorizations are sold at a rate of one per person per day until sold out or until the 2026 deer hunting season ends. Bonus authorizations are $12 each for Wisconsin residents, $20 each for nonresidents and $5 each for youth ages 11 and under. For more information on deer hunting in Wisconsin, visit the DNR’s Deer Hunting webpage. 

8/17/2026

N. WISCONSIN - With the money being spent by the federal government on mass deportations, Wisconsin could cover about 94-thousand Head Start slots. That comparison is provided by a new calculator released by the Economic Policy Institute. It outputs the cost of the Trump administration’s mass deportation campaign in any state, county or city, along with the equivalent value of various social services. The calculator shows deportations have cost more than 3-point-8-billion dollars in Wisconsin. Gordon Lafer with the E-P-I says it's shocking to see such a high price tag while so many people are struggling to pay for food, housing and health insurance.

               0:11  "We wanted to show what the trade-off is so that people understand, we could be having all these things that really matter in people's lives, and instead the money's being wasted on this political circus of mass deportations."

The calculator shows with that money, Wisconsin could fund medical care for more than 184-thousand BadgerCare Plus recipients. The Trump administration says deportations will restore economic stability and improve public safety.