Vilas County supervisors agreed at their last meeting to put the topic of EMS services on the agenda for their August meeting. TheLakelandTimes reports there are many towns in the county trying to assemble Emergency Services, including doing research on what other counties are currently doing. The biggest challenge to developing a county wide EMS … Read more
Three resolutions that would be funded by ARPA moneys have passed a vote by the Vilas County board. TheLakelandTimes reports the three projects totaling just over 1.3 million dollars include, tablets for squad cars in the Vilas County Sheriff’s Department fleet, purchase and installation of a bypass valve as part of a water heater and … Read more
Now that the Cable School building off Kavanaugh Road has been demolished, the town has to decide what it’s going to do with the lot. TheAshlandDailyPress says the town in Bayfield County used a $150,000 grant to redevelop the site, part of which was used to demolish the old school building. More than 90 people … Read more
There are still two seats on Governor Whitmer’s Growing Michigan Together Council and so far, she hasn’t appointed any representatives from the U.P. 6News says the announcement came at the beginning of June and Invest U.P. CEO Marty Fittante he’s disappointed. “It’s one thing to be left off the map of a marketing campaign, but … Read more
Work is underway on some of Gogebic County’s five year rec plan, albeit some of them are getting a late start. TheDailyGlobe reports that the rough winter set back some of the work in the plan, but one, enlarging campsites at Lake Gogebic County Park in Marenisco, was finished in the fall, getting a jump … Read more
Lac du Flambeau Town Board Chairman Matt Gaulke took time out of the room during the board’s meeting last week when discussion regarding bids for roadwork on Plummer Lake Road was held. According to TheLakelandTimes, Gaulke works for Pitlik and Wick, the company that submitted a bid of just over $111,000 for work on a … Read more
The Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center in Ashland is celebrating 25 years of serving those visiting the U.P. TheAshlandDailyPress reports more than 125 million people have made their way through the center’s doors. When pitching the idea originally, Representative Dave Obey saw the center as a place that would be a learning experience that showed … Read more
A project to replace the much beloved ski chalet at Gogebic Community College is underway. According to TheDailyGlobe, the current building was built in 1970, and is not handicap accessible and is just over 1500 square feet. The plans for the new building are for a facility that is 7500 square feet, ADA compliant, and … Read more
Fourth of July is just around the corner, and many communities in the U.P. put on a fireworks show each year. TheAshlandDailyPress reports the cost for an average show runs about $20,000. In Ashland, Mark Drolson is in charge of the display and he likes to make sure the show has plenty of spectacular moments. … Read more
A plea has been entered in Vilas County Court in the case of a former math teacher accused of possessing child pornography. According to TheLakelandTimes, Lucas Aschbrenner’s arraignment was midweek last week, where he pleaded not guilty to charges related to a search warrant that found explicit internet searches related to child pornography and pedophilia … Read more