As the Iron County Board of Supervisors continues to work on the budget, finance committee chairman Kurt Wolff reports that $1.75 million had already been saved from the 2024 budget, by addressing oversights, cutting expenses and putting off some capital expenditures. TheDailyGlobe reports that Phase 1 of the work also avoided cutting any employees. There … Read more
Antiquers, junkers, collectors and vintage fans…Mike and Frank from the TV show “American Pickers” are making another trip to Wisconsin looking for those “must have” vintage items. The team is always on the look out for those relics of the past that have been hidden away in attics, barns, sheds and basements. The production team … Read more
The Vilas County Aging and Disability Resource Center is holding a seminar called Maximizing Your Medicare, at the Boulder Junction Community Center. TheLakelandTimes reports the seminar, put on by the Boulder Junction Public Library will feature J. Patrick Smothers, an elder benefit specialist. The presentation will go over the different parts of Medicare and the … Read more
A grant from the USDA will allow Gogebic Community College to expand to rural classrooms. Dual enrollment options will be added to schools in L’Anse, Dollar Bay and Ontonagon, including virtual learning hubs. The grant encourages a focus on telemedicine,but the hope is do do more in the future. GCC’s Interim Dean of Occupational Programs … Read more
The Gogebic County Fair is on! The fair board has confirmed it. In a different place, of course. After the fires at the fairgrounds, Fair Board members had to decide to move the fair or not have one. It was decided the new spot would be the Pat O’Donnell Civic Center in Ironwood, which will … Read more
The Gogebic County Fair is on! The fair board has confirmed it. In a different place, of course. After the fires at the fairgrounds, Fair Board members had to decide to move the fair or not have one. It was decided the new spot would be the Pat O’Donnell Civic Center in Ironwood, which will … Read more
The Michigan Department of Natural Resources is holding a surplus land auction. Parcels in Houghton and Ontonagon counties will be part of that auction on Wednesday. Surplus land sales helps the DNR manage the land it overses and provides necessary funds to acquire critical land for the public to provide future outdoor opportunities. Interested bidders … Read more
A Bayfield woman is slated to make her first appearance in court on Tuesday after being charged with child neglect, child abandonment and reckless endangerment after leaving her two children in her vehicle after crashing into another car in June. TheDailyPress says Kasie Gokee, 32, ran into another vehicle in Bayfield, then left the vehicle … Read more
The town of Plum Lake in Vilas County has decided to redraft an ordinance that would allow for full public access on roads in town to ATVs and UTVs. A full list of roads that would be open to public access must still be compiled, and will need some additional attention, since there are roads … Read more
When he appeared in Oneida Circuit Court last week, the owner of Minocqua Brewing Company, Kirk Bangstad had hoped to have a zoning complaint against him dismissed and to have the court stop the county from shutting his business down by revoking his conditional use permit. But, as TheLakelandTimes reports, that was not the case. … Read more