12/18/2025

UPPER MICHIGAN -  A federal judge has blocked Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer from revoking an easement that allows Enbridge to run an oil pipeline through a Great Lakes channel. Whitmer ordered regulators in 2020 to revoke the easement that allows Enbridge to run a 4.5-mile segment of Line 5 under the Straits of Mackinac. Enbridge sued to preserve the easement. President Donald Trump's administration argued in filings earlier this year that Whitmer's move interferes with U.S. foreign policy. U.S. District Judge Robert Jonker ruled in Enbridge's favor yesterday, finding that revoking the easement would effectively shut down Line 5 and interfere with U.S. and Canadian trade relations. He also ruled that only the federal government can regulate pipeline safety.

12/18/2025

SUPERIOR - A Superior man is in custody after allegedly stabbing a woman during the early morning hours Wednesday according to the Superior Police Department.  When officers arrived on the scene, a 44-year-old Superior woman was found with significant lacerations.  She was brought to the hospital for treatment. Currently, her condition is unknown; however, authorities say she is expected to survive.  The alleged suspect, only being identified as a 41-year-old Superior man, was also found on the scene and taken into custody without incident and is being held in the Douglas County Jail facing attempted homicide and substantial battery charges.

12/18/2025

IRONWOOD - Steven Kopf, of Ironwood, was selected as the new Nursing instructor at Gogebic Community College in Ironwood. He currently serves as a clinical instructor for the nursing program at GCC. Kopf currently works as a Flight Nurse/Paramedic with Guardian Flight.  He will begin his duties in January.  An open house is planned for Tuesday, January 20 from 3-5pm CST for the public to view the college’s newly renovated Nursing lab and classrooms on the third floor of the Rutger Erickson Academic Building on the GCC Campus in Ironwood.  GCC will be closed December 24, 2025 – January 1, 2026. This includes the Lindquist Student and Conference Center, walking track and gymnasium. The Spring semester begins on Monday, January 12, 2026.