10/06/2025

IRONWOOD - Drivers could see a slightly higher price of gas this week. The state average is up 6 cents from a week ago.  Michigan drivers are now paying an average of $3.09 for a gallon of regular unleaded gas, according to AAA- The Auto Club Group. That price is still 13 cents lower than this time last month and 27 cents lower than this time last year.  Despite the latest increase in price, Michigan still sits lower than the national average, which is $3.13 per gallon.  In Upper Michigan, Dickinson County has the lowest rate at $2.80 per gallon. Mackinac County still has the highest average at $3.34.  Ironwood prices at $2.83 per gallon this morning.

10/06/2025

ARBOR VITAE - Arbor Vitae ambulance service managers discuss rising EMS costs, following an August 28 meeting where Vilas County board members discussed aid for towns like Eagle River. Triggered by increased costs in Lac du Flambeau and Arbor Vitae which are served by Oneida County, both meetings included James Small of the UW School of Medicine and Sherri Congleton of Vilas County emergency management. Small, leading Monday’s “working group,” stressed reliable, sustainable, and well-funded rural EMS. He suggested a countywide EMS levy, a practice in 14 other Wisconsin counties. Congleton called the working group a “productive first step” with valuable feedback and said that although the process to solving the problem will take some work she said the meetings were a strong start.

10/06/2025

TOWN OF CLOVERLAND - A Brule man is dead after a motorcycle crash Thursday in the town of Cloverland in rural Douglas County.  Authorities say around 7 a.m. Thursday a driver came upon the scene and found 37-year-old Jason Miller of Brule lying in the road, a deer on the shoulder and motorcycle in the ditch.  Miller was airlifted to a Duluth hospital where he later died from his injuries.  The sheriff’s office says they don’t know exactly when the accident happened.