8/5/2024

ONTONAGON COUNTY - 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 help the DNR manage the land it oversees and provides necessary funds to acquire critical land for the public to provide future outdoor opportunities. Interested bidders may pre-register and get more information about the online auction schedule at michigan.gov/landforsale. Those interested must register before the auction date. Separate from the online auctions, the DNR is offering additional properties — listed for sale at their former minimum bid prices — that were not sold in previous auctions. These properties are available for immediate purchase only via the BuyNow list on the website.

8/5/2024

GOODMAN WI - Gladstone’s Besse Forest Products announced Friday that Besse Forest Products, Inc.’s Goodman Veneer and Lumber facility in Northeast Wisconsin is closing its doors effective immediately leaving 48 workers unemployed.  The company says there are no bumping or transfer rights to other jobs or locations. None of the affected employees are represented by a collective bargaining representative.  Besse Forest Products blames an unprecedented industry downturn as the reason for the closure. 

8/5/2024

N. WISCONSIN / U.P - The Environmental Protection Agency is issuing an emergency fuel waiver to help alleviate shortages in four states whose gasoline supplies have been impacted by the shutdown of an ExxonMobil refinery in Illinois. ExxonMobil shut down the refinery last month when severe weather swept through the region. The waiver includes Michigan and Wisconsin and will continue through Aug. 20.