Wisconsin-based Aspirus Health has announced it will end OB/GYN services at its Ironwood facility in Gogebic County by the end of the year.

IRONWOOD – Aspirus Health is is facing pushback on its plans to end birthing services at its Ironwood hospital Dec. 31, after rejecting $1.2 million from the 2025 Michigan state budget to provide obstetric and gynecological care in that Gogebic County community.

The announcement Sept. 5 follows the Wausau, Wis.-based health system’s closure of its Ontonagon facility in 2023, in addition to ending of OB/GYN services at Aspirus Keweenaw facility in Laurium and laying off almost all the certified nursing assistants at its Iron River clinic.

The nearest facility to Ironwood offering obstetrics and gynecology services — including prenatal care, labor and

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