Ashland residents are having some issues with trash and recycling pickups as of late and are making their complaints known. The city has said that Republic Services is dealing with a high number of employees out sick on top of some high turnover of drivers and office staff. According to the Daily Times, City Clerk … Read more
At last month’s meeting, the Wakefield-Marenisco School board took a bid for replacement of windows for the school. The bid came in at over $1,000,000, so as the Daily Globe reports, the board made the decision to replace all the windows except those in the gym, which brought the bid down to just under $870,000, … Read more
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
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
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
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
After going to remote learning for all of last week due to the surge in COVID-19 cases in the area, Watersmeet Township Schools will resume in-person learning today, with some changes to safety protocols. Through the end of the month, Superintendent George Peterson says anyone on school property will be required to wear a mask, … Read more
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
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
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