Bessemer
Nobody expects to find their ideal retirement town by looking at the very tip of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, which is exactly why Ironwood keeps surprising people. This small city tucked against the Wisconsin border has quietly become one of the most genuinely affordable places to retire in the entire Midwest, and the retirees who’ve figured that out aren’t exactly rushing to spread the word.
Lake-effect snow continues through Friday, with overnight and early morning accumulation most likely.
Enbridge crews have been removing contaminated soil at the site of a gas leak on the company’s Line 5 oil and gas pipeline in northern Wisconsin. The Aug. 25 leak occurred as the company has been building a new 41-mile segment of Line 5 around the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa’s reservation in Ashland and Iron counties.
