WINTER STORM WATCH

...WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE TUESDAY NIGHT for Iron, Ashland, Bayfield and Price Couties in our listening area... Heavy snow possible. Total snow accumulations between 3 and 5 inches with up to 10 inches possible in Lake Effect regions into Wednesday. 

12/08/2025

ESCANABA - The 161-year-old House of Ludington in Escanaba appears to be a total loss after a weekend fire.  The cause of the fire is not yet known.  The building manager said he called the fire department after smelling smoke.  Fire crews discovered the fire in a storage room next to the elevator on the third floor.  No reports of any injuries. 

12/08/2025

UPPER MICHIGAN - A federal jury convicted 45-year-old Kyle Lee Dean of assault with a dangerous weapon and assault resulting in serious bodily injury for a violent knife attack on the L’Anse Reservation on January 20, 2024. Dean stabbed the victim nearly a dozen times at a Keweenaw Bay Indian Community home; rapid medical intervention saved the victim’s life. The case was investigated by the FBI, Michigan State Police, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Tribal Police, and the Village of L’Anse Police, and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Hanna Rutkowski and Theodore Greeley. Dean’s sentencing is scheduled for 2026.