4/1/2025

UPPER MICHIGAN – Several Thousand are still without power this morning in the U.P. from Iron River to Iron Mountain to the Mackinac Bridge.  That’s the result of the big Ice Storm over the weekend.  Warming centers have been opened for those affected.  No estimate of when power will be restored has been provided.    

3/31/2025

MERCER - Police are investigating a fatal accident near Mercer yesterday. At 5:33 p.m. on Sunday March 30, Police say the driver of a 2012 Audi A4 lost control and rolled over into the west ditch on US 51 southbound at Tower Ridge Road near Mercer. The driver only being identified as a 29-year-old male driver from Mercer was ejected from the vehicle and was pronounced deceased at the scene. A 23-year-old male passenger was transported by ambulance to Howard Young Hospital for non-life-threatening injuries. Police say alcohol was a contributing factor in the accident and that neither driver nor passenger were wearing a seatbelt. The Wisconsin State Patrol is conducting further investigation, and the names of the occupants are not being released pending the notification of the family.

3/31/2025

N. WISCONSIN / U.P. - Thousands of people were without power in Wisconsin and the U.P. after freezing rain and heavy wet snow brought down trees and power lines. Churches, schools and fire halls throughout Wisconsin and the U.P were turned into warming centers as utilities worked to restore electricity.  WE Energy is still showing numerous power outages near Iron River and Crystal Falls into Iron Mountain and Escanaba in the Central U.P. this morning.  Not too many problems here on the Gogebic Range over the weekend.  In Ironwood we picked up a light glaze of Ice accumulation over the weekend and a total of 10 Inches of heavy wet snow.  Yesterday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer activated the State Emergency Operations Center due to a severe ice storm that affected Northern Lower Michigan.