Copper Country Firemans Tournament This Past Weekend

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Saturday saw the 71st annual Copper Country Firefighters Tournament, hosted by the Laurium Fire Department. The day included races, a parade, and then a Firefighters Ball. Once a year, the 34 departments in the Copper Country Volunteer Firefighters Association get together to compete. Thirteen of those departments were participating in the races. Dan Zubiena, Laurium … Read more

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Saturday saw the 71st annual Copper Country Firefighters Tournament, hosted by the Laurium Fire Department. The day included races, a parade, and then a Firefighters Ball. Once a year, the 34 departments in the Copper Country Volunteer Firefighters Association get together to compete. Thirteen of those departments were participating in the races. Dan Zubiena, Laurium … Read more

GCC To Hold Sports Skills Camp for Kids

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The 2025 Samsons Volleyball Skills Camp will be held in the Lindquist Student and Conference Center gymnasium on the campus of Gogebic Community College July 27th. The camp is open to boys and girls grades 5-12 and will be directed by Samsons Volleyball Coaches McKenzie Sharrow and Erika Buchanan with assistance from other Samsons coaching … Read more

Annual Event at Sunday Lake A Big Hit This Year

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Some 70 racers competed in over 100 races during the second annual Sweetest Wake on Sunday Lake this weekend. The event, was hosted again this year by the International Watercross Association, along with the non-profit Wakefield Encourages Community Athletics Recreation Entertainment or WECARE. Watercross required a special build of snowmobile, which can take hundreds of … Read more

Tourism Statistics for Vilas County Are Out

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Tourism in Vilas County in 2024 continued to be on the rise according to the State Department of Tourism. Visitors spent just under $303 million in Vilas County, which is $1.8 million more than 2023. Tourism also counted as Vilas County’s largest industry, supporting over 2100 jobs and bringing in almost $30 million in state … Read more

U.P. Agency Will Share in Childcare Improvement Grants

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A local agency is slated to share in more than $2.6 million dollars of funding through the Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement and Potential or MiLEAP. 14 Family child Care Network hubs will share in that funding, including Community Coordinated Child Care Association of the Upper Peninsula, which will receive $85,000 to help improve … Read more

Minocqua Brewing Company Operating Without Conditional Use Permit

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Last week, the Oneida County Planning and Devleopment Committee once again denied Kirk Bangstad’s application for a conditional use permit or CUP to open a beer garden at his Minocqua Brewing Company. While Bangstad’s attorney proffered argument that he was almost fulfilling the conditions of a previous CUP that had been revoked, committee chairman Scott … Read more

Crystal Falls Man Arrested for Discharging Weapon

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The Iron County Sheriff’s Department arrested a man from Crystal Falls after he fired a weapon during an argument with his neighbor. Deputies were dispatched to a report by a neighbor Tuesday evening and when the arrived on the scene were told one of the two parties in the argument had discharged a weapon and … Read more