Bayfield School Board Decides to Move to Virtual Learning

The Bayfield School Board has voted to move all the Washburn School District elementary school students to online classes, but athletics will continue without spectators and all the Bayfield School District’s mainland schools to virtual learning through Wednesday the 26th. The La Pointe School will remain open. All athletics will also be canceled through that … Read more

Gogebic College Board Continues Search for VPs

The Gogebic College Board of Trustees held a special meeting last week to discuss the idea of a short term employee, a special projects coordinator to assist with upper level administrative projects while the search continues for vp of business services and vp of student services. According to the Daily Globe, the temp would handle … Read more

Marenisco Schools Change Masking Policy

The Marenisco School Board at their meeting on Monday, discussed the continuation of masking policies. The Globe reports masking has been the topic of conversation during previous meetings, and at the last meeting the board decided to keep masking in place til at least the 20th, with discussion to be had at the meeting. The … Read more

Ironwood Schools to Continue In-Person Classes

The Daily Globe has reported that during the meeting on Monday night of the Ironwood Area Schools Board of Education, Superintendent Travis Powell said the number of COVID-19 cases in Gogebic County are the highest they’ve ever been. Despite the rise of cases, the school will continue with in person classes for the time being. … Read more

Wakefield Library Board Compensates Former Library Director

The former director of the Wakefield Public Library has been given his accumulated sick and vacation pay. The Globe says the library board held a special meeting last week to decide whether to compensate Joel Laessig approximately $2,500 for 157 hours vacation and five hours of sick time. Library chair Loraine Mussati pointed out that … Read more

Wakefield Approves Animal Ordinance, Gives It Some “Teeth”

At a meeting of the Wakefield Planning commission this past week, after months of conversation and hearing from the public, the City Manager brought four different ordinance proposals regarding how many pets one person could have within city limits. According to the Globe, the commission voted to accept the ordinance amendment with stricter rules about … Read more

COVID-19 Cases Surging in the Area

According to last week’s report COVID case rates have nearly doubled in the U.P. According to the Daily Globe, cases have gone from about 400 per 100,000 to 1000 per in Gogebic and Ontonagon and Baraga counties. Since the last health department update at the end of the year, there have been 277 new cases … Read more

Aspirus Health Not Taking Walk-Ins For Virus Testing or Vaxxing

As COVID-19 continues to surge across the country and Upper Michigan and Wisconsin, Aspirus Health System also is seeing an increase in the number of positive cases. If you think you might be having symptoms, Aspirus asks that you call and schedule an appointment, as their clinics and emergency departments cannot accommodate walk-in requests for … Read more