A plan to cover the deficit in the village of Ontonagon’s MERs pension obligation after the sale of the Ontonagon Memorial Hospital in 2007 has failed. The village put forth a schedule of 2o mills over six years, and the county asked for 2 mills over six years. The village level millage was defeated by … Read more
The Gogebic County Fair Board Fair Coordinator has posted a request for help in getting the grandstand ready for the Fair. There will be a work bee at the grandstand Monday night at 6 pm. Anyone with carpentry skills or who knows a carpenter is asked to bring their tool belt and skills to help … Read more
The Gogebic Community College has announced yesterday it will resume hours of operation today from 8 am to noon. Regular campus hours will begin again starting on Monday, from 8 am to 4 pm. The Lindquist Student Conference Center will be open from 7 am to noon today, with regular summer hours resuming again Monday … Read more
The Point to La Pointe Swim is this weekend. Over 400 open water swimmers this year are prepared to take on whatever mood Lake Superior is in. The swim started as a community event for 24 swimmers in 2006. The course follows the path of the winter time “ice road” that starts in Bayfield and … Read more
The man who assaulted a woman while she was out on a run early Monday morning on Bates/Gaastra Road just north of Gaastra has been captured. Yesterday, authorities identified the man as Caleb Anderson from Iron County. He has also been found to be a suspect in a homicide investigation in Green Bay. Anderson was … Read more
The man who assaulted a woman while she was out on a run early Monday morning on Bates/Gaastra Road just north of Gaastra has been captured. Yesterday, authorities identified the man as Caleb Anderson from Iron County. He has also been found to be a suspect in a homicide investigation in Green Bay. Anderson was … Read more
The Gogebic County Fair Board is scrambling to make adjustments after the County Board of Commissioners shut down the use of several buildings at the county fairgrounds, just weeks before the fair is due to start. According to the DailyGlobe, the county had contracted an engineering firm to inspect the buildings and presented a study … Read more
Due to the recent threats and uncertainty, the decision has been made to close the Gogebic Community College Campus, including the Lindquist Center both today and tomorrow. Staff will be working remotely. The Houghton Copper Country Center will remain open. The College once again thanks law enforcement for their diligence in responding to the threat. … Read more
The Gogebic Department of Emergency Management has announced that the county will be participating in CodeRed, their new Mass Notification System. In the event of missing children or persons, criminal activity, fires, utility outages, any threat to residents in the area, CodeRed can be used to rapidly inform residents in the area of the threat … Read more
Michigan State Troopers are asking the public’s help in identifying a man believed to have assaulted a Gaastra woman while she was out on a run early yesterday morning. According to upmatters.com, the victim says a male unknown to her attacked her, but she was able to fight him off and escape. The assault happened … Read more