3/20/2025

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin says it’s no secret Democrats don’t have their strategy figured out. But adds that the “yelling” of progressive Democrats like Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Sen. Bernie Sanders has not stopped President Donald Trump’s agenda. Slotkin was responding to a constituent who asked the freshman senator what Democrats can do besides reiterating that they are against the administration while at a town hall in Flint, Michigan on Wednesday. The exchange highlights ongoing debates in the Democratic party on how to play defense with the administration when it is out of power in both chambers of Congress.

3/19/2025

IRONWOOD – A potent winter storm system has shifted more to the East missing most of our region today.  The Heavy mixed precipitation will impact the central and Eastern U.P. with Total snow accumulations between 5 and 11 inches and ice accumulations around a light glaze. Winds gusting as high as 40 mph.  In our listening area Winter Storm Warnings and Advisories have been cancelled.  Winter Weather Advisories will go into effect for Vilas and Price Counties in Northern Wisconsin with Total snow accumulations between 1 and 4 Inches.

3/19/2025

MADISON - Members of Wisconsin’s 11 federally recognized tribes, Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin legislature gathered at the State Capitol for the 21st State of the Tribes Address on Tuesday.  Similar to the governor’s State of the State Address, the State of the Tribes gives legislators and Wisconsinites a chance to hear the goals, successes and challenges Native Americans are facing in Wisconsin.  The speech comes as the Department of Government Efficiency or DOGE is looking to end the leases for Bureaus of Indian Affairs across the country, including one in Ashland.  St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Chairman, Thomas Fowler, advocated for numerous state bills, including one to allow tribal regalia at graduation, and another to remove barriers for Native American language educators.  Fowler also took a moment to acknowledge the disproportionate impact the fentanyl crisis has on Native Americans.  American Indians and Alaska Natives have the highest rates of drug overdose deaths compared to any other race in America, according to the most recent data from the CDC.