Some 70 racers competed in over 100 races during the second annual Sweetest Wake on Sunday Lake this weekend. The event, was hosted again this year by the International Watercross Association, along with the non-profit Wakefield Encourages Community Athletics Recreation Entertainment or WECARE. Watercross required a special build of snowmobile, which can take hundreds of … Read more
Tourism in Vilas County in 2024 continued to be on the rise according to the State Department of Tourism. Visitors spent just under $303 million in Vilas County, which is $1.8 million more than 2023. Tourism also counted as Vilas County’s largest industry, supporting over 2100 jobs and bringing in almost $30 million in state … Read more
A local agency is slated to share in more than $2.6 million dollars of funding through the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement and Potential or MiLEAP. 14 Family child Care Network hubs will share in that funding, including Community Coordinated Child Care Association of the Upper Peninsula, which will receive $85,000 to help improve … Read more
Last week, the Oneida County Planning and Devleopment Committee once again denied Kirk Bangstad’s application for a conditional use permit or CUP to open a beer garden at his Minocqua Brewing Company. While Bangstad’s attorney proffered argument that he was almost fulfilling the conditions of a previous CUP that had been revoked, committee chairman Scott … Read more
The Iron County Sheriff’s Department arrested a man from Crystal Falls after he fired a weapon during an argument with his neighbor. Deputies were dispatched to a report by a neighbor Tuesday evening and when the arrived on the scene were told one of the two parties in the argument had discharged a weapon and … Read more
The Michigan State Police Post in Wakefield is teaming up with the Gogebic-Iron County Airport to offer a course in defensive driving for teens. The free course will have two sessions on June 28th, the first from 9 am to noon and the second from 1 pm to 4. With young people out of school … Read more
This Friday, the town of Cable in Bayfield County will be the place to go for lunch. The Cable United Church of Christ is putting on it’s annual Country Store and Luncheon from 11 am to 1 pm. $15 gets diners a salad bar lunch, including bread, dessert and a beverage. Takeout will be available. … Read more
With the official start of Summer happening this weekend, the the Western Upper Peninsula Health Department has announced it will continue to monitor the waters of a network of local beaches in Baraga, Gogebic, Houghton, Keweenaw and Ontonagon Counties. For the two decades, the WUPHD has worked with the Keweenaw Bay Indian community to sample … Read more
The Michigan Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) has announced that 22 businesses in the U.P. will receive grant funding for employee training through the second cycle of the agency’s 2025 Going PRO Talent Fund. The Talent Fund grants awards to employees to assist in training, developing and retaining current and newly-hired employees. Training … Read more
At its meeting last week, the Oneida County public health board unanimously approved a merger of the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) programs in Oneida and Vilas counties. Oneida County public health director Linda Conlon said a merger of this type is nothing new. Vilas County officials, citing staffing issues in the county health department, … Read more