After testing some 40 homes in Ashland, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has found five of those homes have lead levels higher than the state threshold. TheAshlandDailyPress reports that when 10% of the sample results exceed 15 parts per billion, the sample is considered unsafe. In a press release, Public Works Director John Butler … Read more
The Higher Learning Commission earlier this week informed the Gogebic Community College Board of Trustees that the college has been granted accreditation through 2034. According to TheDailyGlobe, the college met all the criteria for accreditation during the visit to the campus by the commission’s committee last Fall. The designation allows students to receive federal student … Read more
At the most recent meeting of the Ironwood Area School Board, the amended budget for the current fiscal year was discussed and the board heard an update on the status of the demolition of the former Josephsons Nursing Home, which is on property purchased by the school district for use by students in the future. … Read more
The Michigan State Housing Development Authority has in a third wave of funding awarded $7.4 million in grants to the Michigan Housing Opportunities Promoting Energy Efficiency program, part of which will come to the U.P. The MSHDA provides financial and technical assistance through public and private partnerships to create and preserve affordable housing, engage in … Read more
An Iron County man already convicted of murder in Alabama has been ordered to stand trial in Brown County Wisconsin District Court for the 2022 murder of Patrick Ernst in Green Bay, which was part of a three state crime spree that started with the assault of an 18 year old Iron County woman in … Read more
Small businesses that have been affected by the lack of snow this winter now have an opportunity to gain assistance from the Small Business Administration and local economic development corporations. According to TheVilasCountyReview, Wisconsin has issued a drought disaster declaration due to the lack of snow. Businesses in Vilas and Oneida counties can file applications … Read more
The Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation’s Rural Thrive Initiative is distributing grants to 10 rural communities across the state, including the town of Bell, in northern Bayfield County. TheAshlandDailyPress reports Bell and the other communities will receive $25,000 in grants, two years of technical assistance in planning and grant-application writing and other services usually only accessible … Read more
Grants to create housing opportunities and help communities across the state have been awarded by Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer. An abandoned nursing home in Ironwood will be getting a facelift thanks to the more than $70 million awarded. Other locations in the U.P. will be able to now stage renovations and removal of blighted properties. … Read more
Tomorrow is election day in Michigan, as citizens head to the polls to vote in the Presidential Primary. Early voting has been on-going for nine days since last Tuesday at the Gogebic County Courthouse in Bessemer. Today is a day off from voting, to allow poll workers to get ready for the day. Voters can … Read more
During his arraignment on Wednesday, Ashland business man Nathan Monkelien stood silent as he watched via teleconference as the charges of two counts of first-degree intentional homicide, one count of resisting or obstructing an officer and one count of disorderly conduct. According to TheDailyPress, a fifth charge, battery, was also issued before the arraignment, a … Read more