The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is asking the public to comment on the draft 2022 Wolf Management plan for the state. Michigan’s wolf population is on the federal endangered species list. The draft plan is aimed at accomplishing four goals; maintaining a viable wolf population, facilitating wolf-related benefits, minimizing wolf-related conflicts, and conducting science-based … Read more
A fire at a home on Lake Park Road in Ashland has left the two residents homeless. Ashland Fire Service responded to the Lake Park Road home around 7 pm last night and were able to quickly extinguish the fire that apparently started in the kitchen. The Ashland Daily News reports the homeowners were waiting … Read more
Governor Gretchen Whitmer has ordered U.S. and Michigan flags to be lowered to half-staff within the State Capitol Complex and on all public buildings and grounds across the state through Saturday the 9th in memory of the victims of the shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, IL. This decision was done … Read more
The city of Wakefield will soon begin working on a revision of the city’s master plan. According to the Daily Globe, City Manager Robert Brown Jr. said work will begin in about a month. The plan hasn’t been revised for a couple of decades, and the council will enlist the public in providing input on … Read more
As of this past Friday, the Gogebic-Iron Project Lifesaver website is up and running. Project Lifesaver is a non-profit organization that helps people with cognitive impairments. Each individual wears a transmitter that tracks their location in the instance that they go missing. Law Enforcement then uses radio frequency to find their location. Gogebic and Iron … Read more
The budget for the fiscal years 2022 and 2023 has been approved by the Ironwood Board of Education. According to the Daily Globe, at their regular meeting on Monday, the board passed the budget and also had their first reading of policy updates from the Michigan Association of School Boards and the educational consulting firm … Read more
188 pieces of surplus state-managed land will go up on an online auction sponsored by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources starting August 2nd through September 9th. The property includes lake and river frontage and vacant forested acreage ranging from 1 to 160 acres. The online auction will feature land in Dickinson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, … Read more
NICER (Northern Iron County Engaged Residents) is looking to plan and organize a second capital Improvement project in the community. This will be done similarly to the NICER Community Garden that we constructed last year in Montreal. NICER needs input from residents to set the direction of the next project and to assure that the … Read more
NICER (Northern Iron County Engaged Residents) is looking to plan and organize a second capital Improvement project in the community. This will be done similarly to the NICER Community Garden that we constructed last year in Montreal. NICER needs input from residents to set the direction of the next project and to assure that the … Read more
Preparations are underway for this year’s Art in the Park. The event takes place Saturday starting at noon at the entrance of the Miner’s Memorial Heritage Park, with the Grand Opening and a special opening treat from Emberlight’s Poet Laureate, Christy Schwan. The installations of Art in the Park will be open to the public … Read more