News Staff The 2024 Upper Peninsula Veteran of the Year has been announced. Howard Seid of Rockland in Ontonagon County has been the western U.P. representative for the Veteran’s Community Action Team (VCAT) since 2016. Seid has worked tirelessly for veterans in the area, is the vice-chairman of the VCAT Steering Committee, and is responsible for the … Read more
Saturday, veterans from around the U.P. were able to visit the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall, which stopped in White Pine. The Memorial Wall as travelled around the country in order to allow those who might not be able to visit the wall in Washington, D.C. American Legion Commander Aaron Gray says its the third time … Read more
Murals are popping up next to storm drains all over Ashland. TheDailyPress reports the art is part of the 2024 Storm Drain Project. Work on the public art project started last week, with the designs meant to reinforce the danger to the environment pollution from storm drains poses, especially tobacco waste. Six artists are painting, … Read more
The Bayfield Recreation Center’s largest fundraiser of the year took place last weekend and the annual event proved to be one of the largest…the Point to La Pointe Open Water Swim brought in over 650 registered swimmers from the Midwest and across the country. TheDailyPress reports almost 100 swimmers completed the swim to Madeline Island … Read more
A Superior International Junior Hockey League team has been given the go-ahead to relocate and Ironwood will be the team’s new home. In a press release, the owner of the new Ironwood Lumberjacks Douglas E. Lien II thanked the the league’s board of governors for their support in the relocation process. He also thanked the … Read more
A Superior International Junior Hockey League team has been given the go-ahead to relocate and Ironwood will be the team’s new home. The owner of the new Ironwood Lumberjacks Douglas E. Lien II thanked the league’s board of governors for their support in the relocation process. He also thanked the Pat O’Donnell Civic Center Board … Read more
As the Iron County Board of Supervisors continues to work on the budget, finance committee chairman Kurt Wolff reports that $1.75 million had already been saved from the 2024 budget, by addressing oversights, cutting expenses and putting off some capital expenditures. TheDailyGlobe reports that Phase 1 of the work also avoided cutting any employees. There … Read more
Antiquers, junkers, collectors and vintage fans…Mike and Frank from the TV show “American Pickers” are making another trip to Wisconsin looking for those “must have” vintage items. The team is always on the look out for those relics of the past that have been hidden away in attics, barns, sheds and basements. The production team … Read more
The Vilas County Aging and Disability Resource Center is holding a seminar called Maximizing Your Medicare, at the Boulder Junction Community Center. TheLakelandTimes reports the seminar, put on by the Boulder Junction Public Library will feature J. Patrick Smothers, an elder benefit specialist. The presentation will go over the different parts of Medicare and the … Read more
A grant from the USDA will allow Gogebic Community College to expand to rural classrooms. Dual enrollment options will be added to schools in L’Anse, Dollar Bay and Ontonagon, including virtual learning hubs. The grant encourages a focus on telemedicine,but the hope is do do more in the future. GCC’s Interim Dean of Occupational Programs … Read more