This weekend, the Luther L. Wright High School and Middle School bands will hold their spring concert. TheDailyGlobe reports the program will be wide and varied, with solo and small ensembles as well as full band performances. According to band director Kirk McBrayer, participation this year in the various groups and competitions has been higher … Read more
At a special meeting of the Gogebic-Iron County Airport Board earlier in the week, the board voted unanimously to continue to have Denver Air act as the area’s Essential Air Service for the region. TheDailyGlobe reports a motion to approve the airline was put forward by board member Jim Lorensen, citing the airline’s record of … Read more
The family of an infant that suffered brain damage while in the care of Essentia Health’s Ashland Clinic has been awarded almost $19 million by a jury in Bayfield County. The AshlandDailyPress reports Johnny Galligan was born in February of 2013 at Memorial Medical Center and was discharged four days after his birth, despite a … Read more
The Ashland County Jail administrator who was involved in a single car accident with his vehicle early Sunday morning has been put on paid administrative leave. The AshlandDailyPress reports Kyle Cadotte was suspended on Monday, over a week after the accident. The accident occurred on Mountain Road near Bell. Cadotte’s truck drifted off the road, … Read more
19 year old Michigander Grace West was “The Voice” judge Blake Shelton’s last chair turn of his tenure on the show and after she sang “Maybe It Was Memphis” by Pam Tillis she’s considered one of the favorites. West is from a suburb of Detroit. Judge Kelly Clarkson called West “a star”, Chance the Rapper … Read more
Medical marijuana may be on the way to becoming legal in Wisconsin. WXPR reports Democrativtic Governor Tony Evers says he’s likely to sign a medical marijuana bill if one is presented and Republicans in the Assembly are discussing the possibility. Evers says he’d like to see a path towards both medical and recreational marijuana, but … Read more
Saturday was Earth Day, and volunteers in Houghton joined forces and took to the streets to gather up trash, fix flowerbed and plant flowers. 6News reports Co-Founder of the Houghton Beautification Committee Julie Waara said there’s still more work to do, with volunteers getting together to work on gardens next weekends. She said cleanup is … Read more
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Friday afternoon expanded the state of emergency due to the recent weather to include Alger, Baraga, Dickenson, Iron, Marquette and Ontonagon Counties, along with Gogebic and Houghton which were declared earlier. RRN reports the declaration will ensure those counties get the help they need to recover from the recent effects … Read more
Ashland High and Univerity of North Dakota football standout, former Oredocker’s head coach, and much beloved educator Bill Blake passed away on Monday at age 71.. TheAshlandDailyPress reports Blake moved away from Ashland for college in 1969, and went on to play for the University of North Dakota as an all conference center in 1972. … Read more
At the St. Germain town board meeting earlier in the month, supervisors discussed the possibility of making all of the town’s hard-surface roads open for use year-round by ATVs/UTVs. TheLakelandTimes reports the St. Germain ATV club had submitted a written request to the Town Board Chair towards the end of March. It was agreed that … Read more