9/12/2025

MINOCQUA - The 2025 Fishing Clash Team Series continues September 14-19 with the Knighten Industries Heritage Cup in Minocqua, Wisconsin. Hosted by the Minocqua Area Visitors Bureau, daily competition waters will be revealed via MLFNOW! Livestream. The event is hoped to boost local businesses and highlight Minocqua as a top fishing destination. Fans can follow the event on MajorLeagueFishing.com, the MLF and MyOutdoorTV apps, RFD-TV Now, Game & Fish TV, and Rumble. RFD-TV will broadcast the daily final period live. Post-produced episodes air on Outdoor Channel starting January 2026. Twelve professional angler teams will compete. The MLF Fishing Clash Team Series Knighten Industries Heritage Cup will also air as six two-hour episodes on Outdoor Channel starting February 14, 2026. For more details, visit MajorLeagueFishing.com and follow MLF’s social media.

9/11/2025

IRONWOOD – Invest U.P. waying on the recent announcement of OB/GYN services being discontinued at Aspirus Ironwood forcing pregnant women to drive nearly an hour to Ashland to safely deliver their babies.  Invest U.P. says in a press release that this is a painful reminder of the dire impact of the dwindling population in the Western UP.  This news comes just over one year after Aspirus Ontonagon Hospital shut down in April 2024.  Invest U.P. says the recent announcement shows the need for the Copperwood Project in Wakefield Township to attract jobs and infrastructure growth.  Invest U.P. says a recent $50 million infrastructure grant requested by Wakefield Township will help attract transformational economic development investments like the Copperwood Project while supporting critical industries like forestry and timber.  The grant is sponsored by Rep. Greg Markkanen, who says the grant will help Wakefield Township make infrastructure improvements and upgrades that it could not make on its own and is supported by Wakefield Township Supervisor Mandy Lake, who says “Unfortunately, our population has steadily declined over the years and we don’t have the workforce needed to maintain critical services. This grant gives us the opportunity to invest in our community and attract the type of economic development projects that will give us a future.” The Copperwood project is one of very few fully permitted greenfield copper mines in the United States and meets the strict environmental standards established by the State of Michigan. Michigan’s mining laws, passed with the support of environmental advocacy groups, are regarded as one of the most stringent mining regulations in the nation.  Those against the Copperwood Project say the mine will cause irreparable harm to the Porcupine Mountains and Lake Superior.

9/11/2025

IRONWOOD - The Ironwood City Commission has approved an engineering plan with a budget of $19,995 by B32 Engineering Group Inc. for the installation of the new ice refrigeration system at Pat O’Donnell Civic Center. City Manager Paul Anderson stated that the company would provide project engineering and bid specifications, terms required by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources as part of a $750,000 grant agreement. The grant, with a $375,000 match from the Civic Center Board, will cover engineering costs. B32 Engineering, with over 450 ice rink projects, including those at Michigan Tech, NMU, and the Heritage Center in Duluth, Minnesota, will contribute to improvements benefiting the Ironwood Lumberjacks hockey team. Commissioner James Mildren also noted that families who would welcome having a Lumberjack player live with them for the season are still needed.