Author: Jesse Baroka
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IRONWOOD – The Gogebic County Fair Board voted to offer a new rotating feature during each of the days of the fair this year. Board member Holly Ramme suggested that the fair offer an additional event each day of the fair, like stock car drivers offering a close up look at their vehicles before the […]
IRONWOOD – The director of the Gogebic Community College Ski Area Management program for the last 17 years has announced he will retire as of mid-October 2o23. The Community College Board of Trustees approved the retirement request from Jim Vander Spoel. College president George McNulty applauded Vander Spoel’s work for the college and the ski […]
GOGEBIC COUNTY – MDOT says it is planning 38 major road projects in the U.P. this year. In Gogebic County a nearly 12-mile stretch of US-2 will be rebuilt from Old US-2 West of Watersmeet Road easterly to the Gogebic/Iron County Line along with a mile of Roadway on US-2 in Wakefield from Eddy Street […]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democratic Gov. Tony Evers says he’s open to rejecting a Republican budget that doesn’t include pay raises for corrections officers, prosecutors and public defenders. The state has struggled to hire across the criminal justice system because of low pay and long hours. More than 33% of correctional officer jobs are […]
NORTHERN WISCONSIN – The Duluth Builder’s Exchange is accepting applications for its Apprenticeship Scholarship. New workers entering the construction industry are eligible to apply for $500 vouchers for tools and equipment. Applicants must be entering the first or second year of a trade apprenticeship program and must live in Ashland or Bayfield counties locally and […]
The U.P. Builders Show is back this weekend, providing one-stop shopping for anyone looking to refurbish or remodel. The show will have some new vendors this year, along with a wide variety of building and remodeling professionals in attendance. The show, which has been running for over five decades expects at least 80 vendors, including […]
HURLEY – Pedestrian Injured in Hurley after a hit and run accident. Police asking for anyone with information to come forward. A hit and run in Hurley on Saturday have left a pedestrian injured and local police asking the public for help with any information regarding the accident. The pedestrian was struck at roughly 2:30 […]
VILAS COUNTY – Bond has been set at $25,000 for the fourth-grade math teacher at Minocqua-Hazelhurst-Lake Tomahawk Grade school that has been charged with possession of child pornography. Lucas D. Ashbrenner was arrested last Thursday at his home in Arbor Vitae. If Aschbrenner is able to post the $25,000 cash bond, he cannot have access […]
LAC DU FLAMBEAU – Class Action Lawsuit Filed in Lac du Flambeau Standoff. Tribal council members of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians have been named in a federal class action lawsuit on behalf of more that 20 property owners along or near Annie Sunn Lane, Center Sugarbush Lane, East Ross […]
BESSEMER – Effective at noon central time tomorrow the Gogebic County Road Commission Spring Weight Restrictions will go in effect. On the Local County Road System including gravel roads, a 5-ton limit shall be enforced. On the Primary County Road System Michigan Frost Laws that require a 35% reduction in axle loading. This allows major […]