3/25/2025

IRONWOOD - Homeowner Rehab Funding Available for those in certain downtown Ironwood Neighborhoods.  The City of Ironwood is anticipated to receive $160,000 in grant funding through the Michigan State Housing Development Authority Mi Neighborhood program to provide up to $40,000 per property to fund exterior rehabilitation of owner-occupied single-family homes in Douglas and Curry Neighborhoods.  To apply for this funding, there is an application form that you can fill out online. We have a link to that site on our website and Facebook page. Applications will be accepted until April 11, 2025.  https://ironwoodmi.gov/community-development/ and submit with requested materials to ericksont@ironwoodmi.gov or mail to 213 S. Marquette St., Ironwood, MI 49938. 

3/25/2025

IRONWOOD - Potential is increasing for another winter storm to impact our area this Friday through Sunday. The main hazards will be freezing rain and accumulating snow. Details are uncertain but those with travel plans should monitor the forecast for this weekend.  The last winter storm dropped 8 inches of snow on Ironwood though yesterday afternoon. 

3/25/2025

ASHLAND - An Ashland woman has set a world record as the youngest person to travel around the world on a motorcycle. Bridget McCutchen grew up on a farm in northern Wisconsin, but has always had an adventurous spirit. She was homeschooled and traveled across the country on her motorcycle at 19, to find work on a tall ship called the Lady Washington. She’s worked on the movie sets for Pirates of the Caribbean and Star Trek. And then at 21 she set out to break a record. To claim the record and be certified by the Guinness Book of World Records, she had to travel 24,900 miles, cross the equator at least once and do it on a motorcycle. Fourteen months,45 countries and 50K miles later McCutchen motored back into Ashland. She says not much bothers her now, that learning to trust your gut can get you through almost anything and that she is proud to have set an example for other young people that if you set your mind to something, you can do it. A short film on her journey just aired on PBS’s “Wisconsin Life”. If you’d like to watch it, it’s season 11, episode 11 of that series.