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
1.5 million Michiganders are expected to take to the roads this holiday, with another 70,000 traveling by air. AAA say this year’s 4th of July looks to set a record, with folks traveling at least 50 miles or more to get to their holiday destinations starting on Friday. Nationally, travel is also expected to set … Read more
The National Weather Service says air quality levels across the U.P., especially in the Eastern and Central areas continue to be affected by smoke from Canadian wildfires. The Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy says the particulate levels in the area are in the unhealthy range, in fact the counts are some of the … Read more
In a recent interview with 6News, Ironwood Mayor Kim Corcoran outlined some of the plans she and town leaders have for the future. Some of those plans include securing funding for a water treatment plant, road maintainence and repairs after a particulary tough winter. Corcoran also said that housing and making Ironwood attractive to those … Read more
Although there are other building slated for demolition before the state fair, the Gogebic Board of Commissioners last week voted to fund repairs to the livestock building at the county fairgrounds in Ironwood. TheDailyGlobe says the repairs will be to the main entrance, replacing falling brick and siding. A budget of just over $9,000 has … Read more
At the beginning of this week, the Marenisco Township Board of Trustees met and discussed several items, including the schedule for the township’s Fourth of July plans. TheDailyGlobe reports the festivities kick off on the 1st with a music festival with at least nine musical acts performing at the town pavilion. On the 2nd, the … Read more
Funding has been awarded and the City Council is scheduled to vote on Tuesday to issue a permit to allow the plan to convert the motel next to the Ashland Homeless Shelter into temporary housing for the homeless. TheAshlandDailyPress says it will cost about $400,000 to upgrade heating and refurbish the front porch area and … Read more