News Staff 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 While Bangstad’s attorney proffered argument that he was almost fulfilling the conditions of a previous CUP that had been revoked, committee chairman Scott … Read more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
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
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources’ Eastern Upper Peninsula Citizens’ Advisory Council meets today and will hear presentations on state parks, boating access sites and trails in the eastern Upper Peninsula, updates on the DNR’s wolf abundance trail camera survey and the U.P. deer camp survey. The DNR’s Eastern and Western Upper Peninsula citizens’ advisory … Read more
One person was killed and two others were injured in a head-on crash in Bergland on Saturday. Members of the Ontonagon Sheriff’s Department, MSP in Wakefield and Forest Service officers responded to M-28 near Timberland Rentals. An 81-year-old man from Wakefield was driving eastbound and was turning left into a private driveway. The other car, … Read more