8/6/2024

IRONWOOD – Getting geared up for The Gogebic County Fair but in a different place, After the fires at the fairgrounds last year. Fair Board members decided 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 cost $5ooo to rent the space. The inside of the Civic will hold a vendors market and exhibits. The midway, food and animal exhibits will be in front of the center and parking will be at GCC. Both Civic Center management and the president of GCC said helping out was a great decision for everyone in the community. The fair is happening… it starts and runs through Sunday. Admission is free, carnival ride tickets are $15 in advance and $20 at the gate. Find all the information at gogebiccountyfair.com.

8/5/2024

BAYFIELD - A Bayfield woman is slated to make her first appearance in court tomorrow 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. Kasie Gokee, 32, ran into another vehicle in Bayfield, then left the vehicle and her two kids, aged 5 and 9 unattended until a friend found them. Gokee’s daughter said she’d seen her mother drinking earlier in the day. Gokee told authorities she had taken medication earlier in the day and then had attended a wake at a bar. She said she has little memory of the evening and could have hit another vehicle. Gokee could be facing decades of prison time for the charges lodged against her.

8/5/2024

IRONWOOD - The state gas price average is on a downward trend, falling 10 from a week ago.  According to AAA of Michigan, drivers across the state are paying an average of $3.68 per gallon of regular unleaded gas. That price is still 8 cents more than this time last month, but 7 cents more than this time last year. The national average is also down 4 cents from last week to $3.47 per gallon.  The lower price might not last, Lower gasoline demand amid higher oil costs may lead to flat or slowly rising pump prices.  Around the Upper Peninsula, the lowest average is in Gogebic County at $3.49 per gallon with Ironwood prices even lower at $3.30 a gallon this morning, the highest prices are in Mackinac County at $3.87 per gallon.