Today is Election Day across Gogebic County. Voters can cast their ballots at local polling stations from 7am to 8pm this evening. To find your polling location, go to michigan.gov/sos and enter your name and address. All seats of the Bessemer, Ironwood and Wakefield city councils are up for election today. There are contested seats … Read more
The Western Upper Peninsula Health Department partnering with the Michigan National Guard to provide free COVID-19 antigen testing and vaccination sites across Gogebic, Houghton, and Ontonagon Counties. Clinics are being held in Ironwood Tuesdays at the Memorial Building from 11am to 6pm, and Wednesdays at the Ontonagon Village Fire Hall from 10am to 5pm. Booster … Read more
Students from Gogebic Community College performed “pumpkinectomies’ Friday morning at the Lindquist Student Center and at the courtesy of CNA program students from the Gogebic Ontonagon Intermediate School District. The procedures followed a field trip to the Aspirus Grand View Surgical Center in Ironwood last week, and allowed the students to safely practice using the … Read more
Ontonagon, Gogebic, Baraga, Houghton and Keweenaw counties have seen a marked increase in COVID-19 cases according to an update from the Western Upper Peninsula Department. The case rate in the Western U.P. jumped from just over 350 cases per 100,000 of population to just over 439, which is just over 25%. That includes increases from … Read more
Work has begun on the holiday decorations for downtown Ironwood, and lots of work on decor will follow in the weeks to come, according to reports from the Downtown Ironwood Development Authority. Tom Bergman, director of community development said the donations for holiday wreaths, lights and street pole decorations have been coming in. Walmart Inc. … Read more
Wednesday morning, the Michigan state Christmas tree was harvested just outside of Marenisco. The 63 foot blue spruce was selected by the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget, as they do every year. A brief ceremony with the presentation of the colors of the Wakefield American Legion honor guard, as the national anthem was … Read more
The Hurley K-12 School Board of Education has approved a change to the current policy that requires a student with a close COVID contact to wear a face covering for nine days instead of the previously required 14 days as long as they test negative after day five and do not have symptoms for COVID-19. … Read more
Iron County Board of Supervisors earlier this week decided against joining a multi-county bond to support financing for a company to install broadband infrastructure in rural areas. The board had approved a non-binding resolution in September to study the bond issue and held a public hearing earlier this month. The bond would have meant an … Read more
Wakefield City Council met as a quorum for its regular meeting on Monday. Kay Wiita was the only member to attend in person, it was her final meeting as she is not running for re-election in the upcoming election. Mayor Dale White and Councilor James Anderson both have been diagnosed with COVID-19 and councilors Scott … Read more
The Ironwood City Commission at its meeting on Monday, praised the leadership of Mayor Annette Burchell, who is not running for re-election in November. Monday night’s meeting was Burchill’s last as a commissioner. Commissioner Kim Corcoran as Mayor ProTem presented Burchell with a plaque as her fellow commissioners applauded her service and dedication. Corcoran went … Read more